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MARVEL FUSION, which is working to commercialise laser-based fusion energy technology, has partnered with Colorado State University, US, to build a US$150m laser facility at the university’s Foothills Campus in Fort Collins. Set to become one of the most powerful laser facilities in the world, it will allow for research that will advance Marvel’s fusion approach.
Type: News
UK seeks input on plans to use high temperature nuclear reactors to produce heat for industry
HIGH temperature gas nuclear reactors (HTGRs) could provide low-carbon process heat to help decarbonise heavy industry, under new plans outlined by the UK Government.
Type: News
Solar farms in space demo could be ready by 2030
A PLAN to use satellites in Earth’s orbit to harvest the Sun’s energy from space and beam it down to Earth using microwaves could be up and running as early as 2030, with the first-of-a-kind operational system delivering power into the grid by 2040.
Type: News
In part two of our series on fusion energy, Jack Acres highlights the core challenges of developing a prototype power plant and how chemical engineering principles are being used to solve them
Type: Feature
Process Patents: Are They Worth It?
What protection does a process patent provide? And how easy are they to enforce?
Type: Feature
Petronas triumphs at IChemE’s Malaysia Awards 2019
OIL and gas company Petronas scooped four out of the eight trophies given at IChemE’s Malaysia Awards for outstanding achievements in the profession in Malaysia.
Type: News
Flixborough 50 Years On: Application of Inherent Safety Principles to Plant Design
Steven Murphy and Graham Ackroyd look at how applying Trevor Kletz’s concept of inherent safety avoids rather than controls hazards
Type: Feature
James Colley offers sound advice on careers transition when you need to switch sectors
Type: Feature
Our Research Focus: Achieving Zero Harmful Discharge to Sea
Benaiah Anabaraonye discusses the Danish Offshore Technology Centre’s role in developing and accelerating sustainable offshore solutions
Type: Feature
HAVING failed to heed warnings that its offshore wind budget in the latest Contracts for Difference (CfD) round was too low to address rising development costs, the UK government has failed to secure any new offshore bids. The record 95 successful projects – up from 93 last year – are set to deliver 3.7 GW of renewable energy, down from the 11 GW achieved last year led by offshore wind.
Type: News
How enzyme technology could make the industry greener and more efficient
Type: Feature
Encapsulating agents improve edible food film
Films more resilient, better antimicrobial action
Type: News
Materials: Making a Positive Difference
Adam Duckett talks to the engineers developing technologies to reduce the environmental impact of our clothes
Type: Feature
Researchers develop mussel-inspired coating that can extract rare earth elements
RESEARCHERS at Penn State University, US, have developed a mussel-inspired nanocellulose coating (MINC) that can extract neodymium – a critical element used in clean energy technologies – from secondary sources such as industrial wastewater without using a high amount of energy.
Type: News
Alliance seeks partner to boost lab safety
PISTOIA ALLIANCE, a global-not-for-profit life sciences organisation, is seeking a strategic partner to help boost its online database of chemical reaction hazards as it seeks to improve laboratory safety.
Type: News
Harmony Energy debuts battery energy storage project
INVESTMENT firm Harmony Energy has announced that its huge battery energy storage project based at its Pillswood site in the UK is now online.
Type: News
Impossible to clean Husky oil spill
Husky Energy has spilled an estimated 1572 barrels of oil off Canada’s Atlantic coast. CBC News reports that it is the largest ever oil spill in the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador (C-NL) province. Rough weather conditions in the area initially prevented clean-up, and clean-up has now been deemed impossible.
Type: News
Innovative sponge for offshore oil drilling wastewater cleanup
RESEARCHERS at Imperial College London, UK and the University of Toronto (UoT), Canada have developed an innovative surface engineered sponge which could enable offshore oil drilling to clean up wastewater and increase oil recovery.
Type: News
