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Remote tools: Undergraduate labs, under control
Joanne Tanner speaks to Amanda Doyle about lockdown labs and their future
Type: Feature
UK backs Sizewell C with £700m as it targets energy sovereignty
THE UK Government has announced the “historic” £700m (US$836.9m) backing of EDF’s Sizewell C nuclear power project, as part of a landmark package intended to help secure Britain’s energy independence and prevent reliance on volatile global markets.
Type: News
Governments announce £52m for green freeports in Scotland
THE UK and Scottish governments have jointly announced two new green freeports in Inverness and the Cromarty Firth and Firth of Forth, which the UK is backing with £52m (US$64.3m).
Type: News
UK government unveils £14.6bn alternative to Horizon Europe funding programme
THE UK government has published its “Pioneer” programme, a long-term strategy to support research and innovation in the UK should talks with the EU surrounding membership with the Horizon Europe scheme end in failure
Type: News
UK government unveils £650m fusion programme as JET moves towards decommissioning
THE UK government has announced the £650m (US$789.9m) Fusion Futures Programme, part of its strategy to cement the nation as a technology leader. Measures under the programme include developing a new fuel cycle testing facility focused on commercialisation, creating more than 2,200 training positions, and funding to develop infrastructure for private fusion companies.
Type: News
Amanda Doyle reports from the COP26 climate change summit
Type: Feature
BASF has described how digitalisation is affecting all areas of its business, from product development to safety.
Type: News
HyNet: Demonstrating an Integrated Hydrogen Economy
HyNet North West will make hydrogen for heat a reality
Type: Feature
With our energy systems going through profound change, Adam Duckett asked chemical engineers who have transitioned from oil and gas to greener pursuits for insights that could help others make the switch
Type: Feature
Andrew Perry looks at the challenges of tackling global carbon emissions, and asks when the world will start to take them on seriously
Type: Feature
Conor Crowley looks at how his team has adapted to conduct good HAZOPs amidst pandemic and lockdown
Type: Feature
Chemical Engineering in the Kitchen
Visiting the home of the inventor of a novel, continuous process for juicing and straining. Amanda Jasi speaks to Nevin Stewart, inventor of Juice and Strain
Type: Feature
Bayer to sell businesses and cut 12,000 jobs
BAYER, the German multinational pharmaceutical and life sciences company, has announced plans to sell businesses and cut approximately 12,000 jobs. This follows the recent US$66bn acquisition of agricultural giant Monsanto.
Type: News
LPG industry aims for 100% transition to bioLNG by 2040
Liquid Gas UK (formerly UKLPG) has launched its new vision, which sets a goal for the liquid petroleum gas (LPG) industry to transition to 100% bioLPG by 2040. The trade association’s 2040 Vision represents a landmark step for the industry.
Type: News
Brazil dam collapse victims take TÜV SÜD to court
TWO years after the fatal collapse of a Vale dam, victims have brought landmark action against TÜV SÜD, the German technical services company that was responsible for certifying the dam’s safety, in Germany. TÜV SÜD does not believe that it is legally responsible.
Type: News
AI put to work in push for rapid battery development
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) is helping slash the time it takes to develop batteries, with Umicore and a US state laboratory both making strides through separate partnerships with Microsoft.
Type: News
Producing fuels from 1,500 degrees of solar heat: world’s first plant opens in Germany
THE WORLD’S first industrial plant using solar heat to make fuels has been opened in Germany. Using a vast array of mirrors that focus the sun’s heat onto a tower, the technology’s developer Synhelion plans to use its process to produce greener fuel for planes, ships and cars, and even low-carbon cement.
Type: News
Unions hold on to hope as Tata Steel begins decommissioning Port Talbot blast furnace
TATA STEEL UK has begun decommissioning blast furnace 5 in Port Talbot, Wales. The closure, described as “the end of an era”, means unions have now switched their focus to safeguarding jobs and preventing a further blast furnace closure.
Type: News
Nuclear-power container shipping could be possible within the decade
NUCLEAR-POWERED container ships could be moving cargo in and out of Europe by the end of the decade, thanks to the launch of a joint study by leaders in the shipping and nuclear industries.
Type: News
