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Adam Duckett looks at promising energy storage options that could help balance the rise of renewables
Type: Feature
Report assesses the role of biomass in meeting climate change targets in the UK
A REPORT by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has said that biomass has a role to play in a low-carbon economy, but only if sustainably sourced.
Type: News
Mark Yates charts the development of Apollo’s portable life support system
Type: Feature
Developing a low-cost smartphone app to help craft beer breweries and homebrewers monitor and control key process variables
Type: Feature
CB&I to design world’s largest methanol plant
CB&I has been awarded a contract for the front-end engineering and design (FEED) of the world’s largest methanol production facility planned for the US.
Type: News
Vattenfall plans gas power station H2 switch
VATTENFALL has signed a memorandum of understanding with Statoil and Gasunie to investigate converting its 1,311 MWe Magnum gas-fired power station in the Netherlands to run on hydrogen.
Type: News
Rejigged rigs could kickstart North Sea CCS, study finds
USING North Sea oil rigs to generate power from methane and bury the resulting emissions would be significantly cheaper than decommissioning them, and could kickstart the UK’s CCS industry, a study has found.
Type: News
Steam cracking transforms waste plastic into new
A PROCESS has been developed for steam cracking of plastic waste to produce new plastic, which could be integrated into existing petrochemical facilities.
Type: News
IChemE medal winners announced
ENERGY experts and dedicated volunteers are among 26 chemical engineers being recognised by IChemE for outstanding contributions to the profession in industry and academia.
Type: News
Vale launches project to recover area affected by fatal dam collapse
BRAZILIAN mining giant Vale has launched a pilot project for the environmental recovery of the area impacted by the fatal collapse of one of the company’s tailings dams last year.
Type: News
UK partnership successfully recycles continuous carbon fibres
ENGINEERS at the UK’s National Composites Centre (NCC), along with partners, have successfully reclaimed continuous carbon fibres from a whole pressure vessel for reuse in a new vessel. NCC says this is a UK-first and represents a significant milestone in developing UK hydrogen capability.
Type: News
UK joins forces with MIT spin-out to accelerate nuclear fusion
THE UK Atomic Energy Authority has joined forces with Common Fusion Systems (CFS) of the US to speed up commercialisation of nuclear fusion power.
Type: News
Nuclear and oil decommissioning sectors join forces
THE UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and the National Decommissioning Centre (NDC) are working together to conduct research and share lessons on decommissioning from the nuclear and oil and gas sectors.
Type: News
A Virtuous Circle: Chemical Looping has Solid Potential for Optimising Processes
Ben Anthony and Paul Fennell explore the advantages of chemical looping and call on governments to support its scale up in order to bolster green industry
Type: Feature
Learning How to Learn: The Skill Which Underpins Performance Throughout One’s Career
Kate O’Brien, Tony Howes and Greg Birkett discuss the dangers of poor learning strategies, with tips on how to identify and resolve them
Type: Feature
UKAEA awards £6.8m to develop fusion technologies
THE United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has awarded £6.8m (US$8.6m) in contracts to seven organisations to develop fusion technologies to the ‘proof of concept’ stage.
Type: News
Biotech pioneer appointed chair of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult
STEVE BAGSHAW has been appointed chair of the High Value Manufacturing (HVM) Catapult. Bagshaw, a chemical engineer, was an expert industry advisor to the UK government’s vaccine taskforce during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Type: News
TotalEnergies UK snaps up gas-fired power plant in £450m deal
TOTALENERGIES has struck a deal with US investment firm EIG to buy out all shares of its UK power producer, West Burton Energy, in a deal worth £450m (US$574m).
Type: News
