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Climate Change Committee sets ‘ambitious’ UK carbon target for 2040
ELECTRIC vehicles (EVs), carbon capture, and hydrogen take centre stage in the Climate Change Committee’s (CCC) seventh carbon budget, which aims to reduce UK emissions by 87% (compared to 1990 levels) by 2040.
Type: News
Microplastic pellets from North Sea cargo ship collision found washed up on shore
THE CARGO ship that crashed into an anchored jet fuel carrier near Hull, England last week was transporting containers of microplastic pellets which have washed up on shore following the collision.
Type: News
Solvay starts rare earths production but future expansion relies on manufacturers buying local
SOLVAY has expanded production of European rare earths and said customers must now buy local before it invests any further to help the EU reduce its reliance on China
Type: News
Bright ideas: Rakesh Agrawal on developing a solar economy
RAKESH AGRAWAL, chemical engineering professor at Purdue University, speaks on camera to The Chemical Engineer magazine after delivering the 2017 Danckwerts Memorial Lecture at the 10th World Congress of Chemical Engineering (WCCE10).
Type: News
Man killed in explosion at UK military plant
ONE man has been killed and another seriously injured in an explosion at a military hardware plant near Salisbury, UK.
Type: News
Nouryon plans to double organic peroxides capacity in Mexico
NOURYON has announced that it intends to double it production capacity for solvent-based organic peroxides at its Los Reyes site in Mexico.
Type: News
Solvay increases hydroquinone production
SOLVAY will raise its hydroquinone production capacity by 20% at its plant in Saint-Fons, France.
Type: News
Linde enters hydrogen agreement with BASF
LINDE has entered into an agreement with BASF for the supply of hydrogen to a BASF manufacturing facility.
Type: News
The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: Then and Now
Geoff Gill reviews how the accident played out, and the huge engineering challenges involved in making the site safe
Type: Feature
From Junk to Fuel: Addressing the Space Debris Challenge
Amanda Jasi talks to Gary Calnan about his company’s work on developing a forge for recycling waste metals in space
Type: Feature
Working for Acceptance: How I’m Thriving as an Autistic Engineer
To mark Neurodiversity Celebration Week, engineer Charlotte Wessels charts her journey from outer space to somewhere she finally feels at home, and highlights the much sought after skills employees on the spectrum can bring to the engineering sector
Type: Feature
The Loch Ness Monster and Plant Safety
Martin Pitt recalls his time spotting monsters, and warns that just because they are hard to spot, it doesn’t mean death and destruction aren’t around the corner.
Type: Feature
The Design Process: Environmental Management in Design – Do More with Less
In the final article in his series aimed at giving new graduates a better understanding of the current design process, Tom Baxter reviews common standards and discusses the most obvious opportunities to boost sustainability during your future industrial design projects
Type: Feature
How enzyme technology could make the industry greener and more efficient
Type: Feature
Climate Change, Equity and Mitigation
How unpopular but necessary technological solutions and shifts can be deployed to meet head-on the growing challenge of climate change mitigation and equity
Type: Feature
The new digital age in our workplace isn’t coming, it’s already here, says Craig Smith
Type: Feature
The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread?
Estefania Lopez-Quiroga and colleagues look at the potential upsides of scaled-down, decentralised food production
Type: Feature
Tristan Hunter and Deaglan Gahan share some of the strategies to prevent and mitigate cybersecurity breaches
Type: Feature
Taking a Look Back at Control: Part 2
Martin Pitt considers the history of process control in a two-part series, concluding with electrical and computer systems
Type: Feature