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Engineering Net Zero Part 9C: Strategy Options for our Future Energy System
David Simmonds continues his mini-series by looking at some of the unintentional consequences of strategy decisions, and recommends hybrids as a long-duration DSR measure.
Type: Feature
Novel electrocatalyst produces valuable fuels using CO2
RESEARCHERS at Rice University, US, have developed an electrocatalytic reactor that could be used to produce valuable fuels using carbon dioxide (CO2).
Type: News
Glen Corder and Artem Golev look at the mining industry’s role in a circular economy
Type: Feature
Ella Howells talks about her switch from oil and gas to the drinks industry
Type: Feature
Pore Performance: One 3D-printing firm's ambition to re-engineer membranes
Adam Duckett interviews Tom Pugh and Andrew Walker about Evove’s push to improve separations
Type: Feature
Coal-fired power at Drax comes to an end
DRAX has announced the official end of coal-fired generation at its North Yorkshire, UK power station after almost 50 years. The power generator says this marks a historic milestone for the company as well as the UK’s transition to a zero-carbon energy future.
Type: News
Global Status of CCS report warns ‘more to be done’
THE Global CCS Institute says that carbon capture and storage (CCS) is vital to meeting the Paris climate change targets, but while significant advances have been made in the past year, there is a long way to go.
Type: News
New MOF makes plastic manufacturing more energy efficient
RESEARCHERS have developed a metal-organic framework (MOF) containing iron-peroxo (Fe2(O2)) sites which could reduce the amount of energy required for extracting ethylene, the key ingredient in polyethylene plastic.
Type: News
UK launches 25-year plastic waste plan
THE UK government has launched a 25-year plan to protect the environment and reduce “avoidable” plastic waste specifically.
Type: News
Can oil-eating microbes clean up spills in the Arctic?
MICROBES that use oil as a food source offer the only way to degrade oil after a spill, however a review by researchers at Aarhus University, Denmark, has shown that biodegradation can be inhibited in cold waters.
Type: News
‘Artificial leaf’ for carbon neutral syngas production
RESEARCHERS at the University of Cambridge, UK, have demonstrated simple and sustainable syngas production using a carbon neutral “artificial leaf” device, setting a new benchmark in the field of solar fuels.
Type: News
Cemex to install world-first hydrogen process at UK cement plant
CEMEX is set to trial a process developed by Hiiroc that uses plasma to produce hydrogen for greener industrial heat at its cement plant in Rugby, UK.
Type: News
Phosphate Rocks Chapter 28: Sulphuric Acid
Chapter 28 in the serialisation of Fiona Erskine's novel Phosphate Rocks, a compelling mystery set in the world of industry
Type: Feature
Tips for selecting a pumping system for chemical treatment and comparing different dosing systems
Type: Feature
BP and partners to invest US$6bn for oilfield development
BP AND its partners are to invest US$6bn in the Azeri Central East (ACE) project to further develop their Azeri-Chirag-Deepwater Gunashi (ACG) oilfield complex in the Caspian Sea. To date the partners have invested US$36bn in the ACG field.
Type: News
New SABIC sustainability roadmap aligns with UN SDGs
SAUDI manufacturing company SABIC has launched its sustainability roadmap aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It explains the company’s holistic approach to sustainability and outlines new initiatives that are expected to contribute to the SDGs and provide growth opportunities for the business.
Type: News
NSW gives greenlight to Santos’ controversial coal seam gas project
AUSTRALIA’S New South Wales government has backed Santos’ A$3.6bn (US$2.54bn) Narrabri gas development project, which could see 850 coal seam gas wells drilled in a push to boost the state’s energy security.
Type: News
Atkins awarded contract for nuclear project
ATKINS has been awarded a contract for front end engineering design (FEED) of coolant loops for the National Thermal Hydraulic Facility (NTHF), a nuclear test and research facility to be built in North Wales, UK.
Type: News
Veolia announces its first UK battery recycling plant
VEOLIA is building its first electric vehicle battery recycling facility in the UK, with the capacity to process 20% of used batteries by 2024.
Type: News
