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H2 and NH3 – the Perfect Marriage in a Carbon-free Society
The promise of storing hydrogen as ammonia
Type: Feature
TOTAL has become the latest oil major, along with BP, Shell, and Repsol, to pledge to reach net zero emissions in its operations worldwide by 2050.
Type: News
CCS pilot phase successfully completed on Norwegian waste-to-energy plant
FORTUM Oslo Varme’s Klemetsrud site in Oslo, Norway, has successfully validated carbon capture technology at its pilot plant, which is a significant step forward in Norway’s planned full-scale carbon capture and storage project.
Type: News
Italian blast seriously injures two workers
ON 15 May, an explosion at a chemicals plant in an industrial zone in Venice, Italy seriously burned two workers and sent clouds of smoke and flames into the sky, reports Reuters.
Type: News
Using wood waste to produce biochemicals: green chemistry for a green future
Amanda Doyle speaks to Florence Gschwend, CEO and Co-founder of Lixea, about the company's new process to turn wood waste into biochemicals, bioplastics, and biofuels.
Type: Feature
IChemE members join group advising government on net zero plans
ICHEME members are working with representatives of the wider engineering discipline to advise the UK Government on how it can achieve its net zero emissions target, with a strong emphasis on the need to adopt a systems approach.
Type: News
Hydrogen: Making the Case through Life Cycle Analysis
How decisions on hydrogen’s role in energy systems might be made; industry collaboration and long time-horizon life cycle analysis could be the first step.
Type: Feature
Australia invests A$300m in hydrogen industry
UP to A$300m (US$193m) will be made available for a new advancing hydrogen fund to support Australia’s hydrogen industry.
Type: News
Trump declares national emergency over threat to power system
US President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency over threats to the country’s power system and ordered the government to ban equipment from foreign adversaries and audit equipment already installed.
Type: News
A Project to Develop and Protect
Matthew Duchars and John Challenger describe the plans to design and build a facility that the UK would use for emergency vaccine production
Type: Feature
Keith Plumb explains the importance of design of pressure relief systems for stirred tank vessels
Type: Feature
Grant Wellwood calls for manufacturers to include environmental impact labels on their products
Type: Feature
Volunteer Spotlight: John Campbell
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Type: Feature
EPA finalises changes to mercury rule
THE US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalised changes to a rule that requires coal and oil-fired plants to reduce emissions of mercury and hazardous air pollutants. It will no longer consider all the health benefits associated with reducing mercury emissions.
Type: News
After the spill: an introduction to the series
Adam Duckett, Editor of The Chemical Engineer, introduces a series looking at Deepwater Horizon on its ten-year anniversary
Type: Feature
After the spill: well incident response
Scott Powell and Scott Vickers look at how industry's emergency response measures have evolved in the years following Deepwater Horizon
Type: Feature
Deepwater Horizon: As it Happened
Geoff Maitland looks back on the Gulf of Mexico oilspill, ten years ago this month
Type: Feature
Cross-industry Learning from High Hazard Sectors
How we choose to learn can determine whether we will repeat similar situations, says Gabor Posta
Type: Feature
Claudia Flavell-While updates on the progress of IChemE’s learned society activities
Type: Feature
Chris Best addresses the role blowdown systems play in plant design and why they are essential in order to ensure process safety
Type: Feature
