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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
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
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
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
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
Tony Hasting discusses cleaning and disinfection of food process plant
Type: Feature
IChemE launches updated technical strategy
Chemical Engineering Matters now in third edition
Type: News
David Simmonds explains the challenges of pursuing major projects sustainably
Type: Feature
George E Davis – Meet the Daddy
For a series called Chemical Engineers who Changed the World, it would be downright rude not to feature the man who is widely regarded as the founding father of the discipline and the spiritual father of IChemE.
Type: Feature
Engineering options that can prevent sewer overflows
WITH industry forced to apologise for dumping untreated sewage into rivers, changes upstream including smarter sewers would help
Type: News
Deepwater Horizon: As it Happened
Geoff Maitland looks back on the Gulf of Mexico oilspill, ten years ago this month
Type: Feature
Grant Campbell and Jamie Cleaver report on a workshop that addressed the challenges of leading chemical engineering university departments and highlighted a style of leadership that can be helpful for academic and industrial leaders alike
Type: Feature
Engineering ethics has much to do with communication, thought and decision-making
Type: Feature
Poll: Engineers warn sale of UK vaccine centre risks health security and industry innovation
ENGINEERS have hit out at the UK Government’s reported plans to sell off the country’s emergency vaccine manufacturing facility, cautioning that a sale to private business will damage skills and scale-up opportunities, and the UK’s ability to react to future health emergencies.
Type: News
Engineering Net Zero Part 2: How We Can Give Consumers Choice in the Push for Green Transport
David Simmonds discusses the need to accelerate flexibility when it comes to cleaner transport options
Type: Feature
Vale knew Brazil dam was unstable more than a decade before collapse, says report
ACCORDING to the summary of a report by an independent consulting committee created by Vale, the mining company knew as far back as 2003 about the safety issues at a Brazil dam which fatally collapsed last year. Additionally, it knew that a collapse of the structure could lead to a high number of deaths but took insufficient measures to mitigate impacts.
Type: News
Martin Pitt continues to look at the history of chemical engineering and IChemE
Type: Feature
IChemE Matters – November 2023
Nigel Hirst on the merits of mentoring; Allyson Woodford previews Chemeca 2023 and readers respond to UK climate policy shift
Type: News
