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Uncertainty remains over UK chemicals regulations after Brexit
UNCERTAINTY remains over the future of chemicals regulations in the UK as the UK will only remain aligned with EU REACH during the transition period up until 31 December 2020.
Type: News
Steve Rae to give Trevor Kletz lecture
PIPER Alpha survivor Steve Rae will share the story of how his survival has led to a lifelong drive to improve safety culture in the oil and gas industry in a lecture at the annual IChemE Hazards 30 conference.
Type: News
Engineering capability review raises safety concerns
FATALITIES and accidents at work are likely to increase, and a better understanding of engineering capacity and capability is needed for engineering to intervene, says a report from the Royal Academy of Engineering.
Type: News
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
UK funding to help SMR programme advance
RECENT funding, announced as part of the UK’s ten-point plan for an industrial revolution, will help UK SMR, a consortium for small modular reactor (SMR) development, as it works to build 16 SMR power stations to boost green economic recovery. The effort is expected to create 40,000 jobs over the next 15 years.
Type: News
Shell starts up Europe’s largest PEM ‘green’ hydrogen electrolyser
SHELL has started operations at what it claims is Europe’s largest polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolyser, producing “green” hydrogen at its Energy and Chemicals Park Rheinland, in Germany.
Type: News
Gordon Lawrence discusses the importance of prescriptive scope criteria in a turnaround premise document
Type: Feature
COP26 summit closes with compromises made on climate deal
Negotiators finally agreed on the Glasgow Climate Pact late on Saturday evening, with a compromise made that more ambitious pledges need to be made next year to limit warming to 1.5C.
Type: News
Marlene Kanga to present at joint Chemeca and Hazards Australasia event
CHARTERED chemical engineer Marlene Kanga, who successfully campaigned for World Engineering Day, will present at the 51st Chemeca, held in conjunction with Hazards Australasia. She will speak at the events’ dinner, to be hosted by IChemE, in Melbourne, Australia.
Type: News
New online platform helps pinpoint GHG emission sources across the globe
HALF of the world’s 50 largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions across the world are oil and gas production fields and their associated facilities – the same industry which is also significantly underreporting its emissions, a new database by Climate TRACE shows.
Type: News
Crown Estate awards first survey contracts for Celtic Sea floating wind farms
AMBITIOUS plans to deliver an initial 4GW of energy capacity in the Celtic Sea has taken a major step forward after the Crown Estate announced it has awarded the first contract in a multi-million pound programme of marine surveys to investigate potential floating wind farm locations off the southern coast of Ireland.
Type: News
Peak Cluster: UK lime and cement producers join forces to capture 3m t/y of emissions
CEMENT and lime producers in the UK have formed a carbon capture and storage cluster – the Peak Cluster – to reduce the sector’s emissions by 40%.
Type: News
Neste forms partnerships to collaborate on renewable PET production
NESTE, an oil company that also produces renewable fuels and other sustainable products, is partnering with Suntory, ENEOS, and Mitsubishi Corporation to manufacture PET (polyethylene terephthalate) resin made with renewable Neste RE on a commercial scale.
Type: News
Sika announces funding award for new concrete-recycling technology that stores carbon
SPECIALITY chemicals company, Sika, has announced that its reCO2ver technology is now receiving targeted support from Switzerland’s Climate Cent Foundation. The novel concrete-recycling process allows old concrete to be entirely reused while also locking in a significant amount of carbon dioxide. According to Sika, the climate protection programme is guaranteeing the purchase of CO2 certificates for an initial amount of CHF10m (US£11.2m).
Type: News
California sues ‘Big Oil’ for decades of cover-up and deception surrounding climate change
CALIFORNIA is suing “Big Oil” for more than 50 years of “deception, cover-up, and damage” that have cost its taxpayers billions of dollars in health and environmental impacts. The move was announced by the US state’s governor Gavin Newson, and Rob Bonta, the state’s attorney general.
Type: News
IChemE Fellows Hutchings and Sherlock elected to the Royal Academy of Engineering
GRAHAM HUTCHINGS and Jon-Paul Sherlock, both IChemE Fellows, have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) for their outstanding contributions to engineering. Meanwhile, Marlene Kanga, IChemE Honorary Fellow and chair of the IChemE Safety Centre, has been elected as an International Fellow of the Academy.
Type: News
Equinor and Captura partner to scale up direct ocean capture
INTERNATIONAL energy company Equinor has partnered with Captura to develop the direct ocean capture company’s technology at industrial scale.
Type: News
RAEng funds engineering department initiatives to bolster student diversity
EIGHT UK university engineering departments have been awarded more than £700,000 (US$850,000) by the Royal Academy of Engineering to boost diversity and inclusion, and address unequal outcomes experienced by students from underrepresented groups.
Type: News
