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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

Palm Oil: Better with Enzymes

How enzyme technology could make the industry greener and more efficient

Type: Feature

Experiences Work

John Wilson explains why undergraduate placements are so important

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

Are You Ready for Digital?

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

Managing Cybersecurity Risks

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