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Partnership aims to permanently store CO2 captured from the air
CLIMEWORKS and Northern Lights have agreed to explore the possibility of capturing CO2 using direct air capture and permanently storing it in an offshore reservoir in the North Sea.
Type: News
BP acquires 30% of UK biofuels company
BP has acquired 30% of Green Biofuels (GBF), the UK’s largest provider of hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) fuels.
Type: News
Collaboration to advance ship-based carbon capture
AN international collaboration has been granted €3.4m (US$3.7m) in EU funding to accelerate the uptake of ship-based carbon capture.
Type: News
UK shortlists 20 projects for CCUS clusters
THE UK Government has shortlisted 20 projects for the next phase of its carbon capture, use, and storage (CCUS) cluster process.
Type: News
Jacobs to support UK nuclear facility refurbishment
JACOBS has been awarded an estimated £10m (US$11.4) contract to act as a full lifecycle delivery partner, supporting renewal projects at various facilities run by the UK’s National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL).
Type: News
Hunt for industry partners begins as UK seeks to build prototype nuclear fusion plant
A COMPETITION is being launched later this month to find the industry partners that will build the UK’s prototype nuclear fusion energy plant.
Type: News
A shot of whisky and some chemical feedstocks please
WHISKY waste could provide high-value feedstocks such as lactic acid for the pharmaceuticals and cosmetics industries as researchers push to scale up a separations process.
Type: News
Jonathan Wright and colleagues explain how their IChemE Award-winning ion exchange and encapsulated bacteria technologies can combat critical nitrate problems
Type: Feature
UoQ’s A$13m research centre wants to lead the way on greener plastics
THE University of Queensland, in Australia is leading a new training centre that aims to become a hub for world-leading research in green plastic.
Type: News
Carbon Capture or Kettle Smart?
Why energy efficiency is a much smarter way of reducing carbon and other harmful air emissions than CCS.
Type: Feature
Reports: Ineos in talks with Rolls-Royce to build nuclear plant at Grangemouth refinery
INEOS is reportedly in talks with Rolls-Royce about using its small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) technology to power the Grangemouth refinery in Scotland.
Type: News
Jacobs set to split in two by cleaving off government services
ENGINEERING and consulting firm Jacobs is splitting into two firms by spinning off its government services business.
Type: News
Policy Perspective: Sustainable Transitions
Elena Demou explains how IChemE is supporting members to influence policy
Type: Feature
Creating useful products from desalination waste
ENGINEERS at MIT, US have proposed a method that could use desalination waste to produce useful chemicals, including chemicals that can make desalination more efficient. This could potentially provide an economically and ecologically beneficial method for the disposal of desalination waste.
Type: News
London completes super sewer in fight against river spills
A NEW super sewer that will prevent an estimated 95% of spills into the River Thames has been fully connected in London.
Type: News
Drax announces ambition to be world’s first carbon negative company by 2030
DRAX power station in North Yorkshire, UK, plans to become carbon negative by 2030 through its use of bioenergy with CCS.
Type: News
Dow goes nuclear: chemical firm will install reactors at US chemicals complex
DOW will install advanced nuclear reactors at one of its Gulf Coast sites to provide low carbon power and process heat for its chemicals production.
Type: News
UCL chemical engineering department receives Gold Athena Swan award for gender equality efforts
UNIVERSITY College London’s chemical engineering department has been awarded gold status as part of the Athena Swan Charter, in recognition of its commitment to gender equality.
Type: News
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Asabi Goodman
Yasmin Ali speaks to Asabi Goodman, a chemical engineer and professional performer, based in Australia.
Type: Feature
Understanding why fracking wastewater contains radioactive waste
RESEARCHERS at Dartmouth College, US, have released a study explaining the transfer of radium to wastewater during hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas extraction. An understanding of the mechanisms involved could lead to the development of strategies to mitigate wastewater production.
Type: News
