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Ronald Hughes, 1928–2020

Obituary of Ronald Hughes, an influential catalysis researcher

Type: News

Cross-sector group create Scottish Cluster to support low carbon economy

A CROSS-SECTOR group of Scottish industrial CO2 emitters, along with the Acorn CCS and Hydrogen project partners, have created the Scottish Cluster to establish a unified voice on backing low carbon technologies in Scotland.

Type: News

Clive (Alan) Millington, 1943–2022

Obituary of Clive Millington, former Deputy Head of Department at the University of Surrey

Type: News

ExxonMobil exits Russia after ‘expropriation’ of Sakhalin-1

EXXONMOBIL has safely exited Russia following the Government’s “expropriation” of Sakhalin-1, a major oil and gas project in Russia’s Far East.

Type: News

John Ross Grace, 1943–2021

Obituary of John Grace, one of the leading chemical engineers in Canada, known worldwide for his work in fluidisation and fluid-particle systems.

Type: News

Australia’s biggest polluters must cut emissions by nearly 5% a year from July

A REFORM to Australia’s climate safeguard mechanism means that more than 200 of the country’s heaviest polluters will be required to cut their greenhouse gas emissions by 4.9% a year until 2030 under binding pollution caps introduced from 1 July

Type: News

Britishvolt bought by Australian startup

AUSTRALIAN-based startup Recharge Industries has been confirmed as Britishvolt’s new owners after the company went into administration in January.

Type: News

Opportunities Knock

Adam Duckett on opportunities for communication and digitalisation

Type: Feature

Macquarie-led consortium acquires further 20% of UK gas transmission company

A CONSORTIUM led by Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) is acquiring a further 20% in National Gas, which operates the UK’s 7,600 km gas transmission system, increasing the consortium’s ownership to 80% after an initial acquisition completed earlier this year.

Type: News

Worley awarded FEED work for huge Queensland renewable hydrogen project

WORLEY has been awarded the front-end engineering and design (FEED) work for what is said to be central Queensland’s largest renewable hydrogen project, dubbed CQ-H2.

Type: News

Industry makes urgent call for investment ‘reboot’ to support European Green Deal

EUROPEAN industry has presented the Antwerp Declaration for a European Industrial Deal, an urgent call to revitalise the bloc’s industrial landscape.

Type: News

‘Ambitious’ plan seeks to address worrying decline in engineering-related apprenticeships

LORD KNIGHT and Lord Willetts, supported by EngineeringUK, have launched an “ambitious” five-point plan for growing and sustaining apprenticeships for young people in engineering and technology. It follows the Fit for the Future inquiry earlier this year which sought to uncover the reasons behind a decline in engineering-related apprenticeships.

Type: News

Student team’s water sterilisation system wins sustainability competition

A TEAM of school students who designed a solar water sterilisation system has won this year’s Davidson Inventors Challenge.

Type: News

Raffaella Ocone set to be 84th president of IChemE

RAFFAELLA OCONE, professor of chemical engineering at Heriot-Watt University, will take up the presidency of IChemE next year after being nominated to serve as deputy from June.

Type: News

Book Review: 50 Essentials on Science Communication

An excellent introduction to a topic that is quickly becoming a field of its own, says Yasmin Ali

Type: Feature

AI Prizes and Warnings

Adam Duckett looks at the increasing adoption of AI, for better or worse

Type: Feature

UK government commits £200m for Acorn CCS cluster in Scotland

THE ACORN carbon capture and storage (CCS) cluster across Scotland will receive £200m (US$271m) of state funding, the UK government confirmed yesterday following this week’s spending review.

Type: News

INEOS buys Forties pipeline, Kinneil Terminal

Pipeline links directly to INEOS’ Grangemouth site

Type: News

Take a Breath

Adam Duckett discusses Trump and the climate

Type: Feature

Petrochemical plant fire in Saudi kills 12

Further 11 injured due to smoke inhalation

Type: News