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H2 and NH3 – the Perfect Marriage in a Carbon-free Society

The promise of storing hydrogen as ammonia

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Total sets net zero target

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

The Heat is On

Keith Plumb explains the importance of design of pressure relief systems for stirred tank vessels

Type: Feature

Time for Change

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

Learned Society Update

Claudia Flavell-While updates on the progress of IChemE’s learned society activities

Type: Feature

The Lowdown on Blowdown

Chris Best addresses the role blowdown systems play in plant design and why they are essential in order to ensure process safety

Type: Feature