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Teesside to support growing EV batteries market
TEESSIDE, UK will host the UK’s first large-scale lithium refinery, and possibly the largest electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling facility currently planned in the country.
Type: News
Partners collaborate for sustainable lithium production
SCHLUMBERGER New Energy and Panasonic Energy of North America (PENA) have entered a collaborative agreement to validate and optimise a sustainable lithium production process that could support the rapidly-growing electric vehicle (EV) market.
Type: News
Exxon and CF Industries partner on large-scale CCS project
EXXONMOBIL and CF Industries have teamed up to capture and permanently store up to 2m t/y of CO2 emissions at facilities in Louisiana, US, the equivalent to replacing approximately 700,000 petrol cars with electric vehicles, according to the partnership.
Type: News
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
Japan and the US to collaborate on critical minerals
JAPAN and the US have signed a critical minerals agreement targeted at strengthening and diversifying critical minerals supply chains between the two countries and promoting electric vehicle (EV) battery technologies.
Type: News
Production at proposed gigafactory put on hold until 2025
BRITISHVOLT, a startup which says it intends to “create a world-class battery cell ecosystem” and help build a domestic electric car industry at its £3.8bn (US$4.4bn) “gigafactory” in Northumbria, will now not deliver batteries for another three years due to soaring energy costs, its co-founder has said.
Type: News
STUNNING 3D images that show the effect of electric fields on ionic winds flowing from a flame could help improve combustion efficiency and reduce pollution, according to researchers.
Type: Feature
SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC & GAS (SCE&G) and Santee Cooper have abandoned construction of two nuclear reactors at VC Summer Nuclear Station in Jenkinsville, South Carolina, US.
Type: News
UK sets target for net zero emissions by 2050
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that the UK will legislate to reduce CO2 emissions to net zero by 2050.
Type: News
EU introduces new chemicals strategy
THE European Commission has unveiled its new chemicals strategy which aims to make chemicals production more sustainable while phasing out potentially harmful substances such as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and endocrine disrupters.
Type: News
Tata Group invests £4bn to build battery gigafactory in the UK
IN A historic moment for the UK’s growing electric vehicle (EV) industry, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) owner Tata Group has announced that it is investing more than £4bn (US$5.14bn) to build its first gigafactory outside of India in the UK. The gigafactory will deliver more than 40 GWh of battery production annually, making it one of the largest in Europe.
Type: News
An ‘evolution’ in renewable energy
GENERAL Electric (GE), the American multinational conglomerate, is close to completing the world’s first commercial wind project with integrated power storage. Located in rural County Kerry, Ireland, the project could help the country to cope with rapidly increasing energy demand, and to achieve its renewable energy goals.
Type: News
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
First Cobalt repurposes idle plant to produce EV battery component
NORTH American cobalt company First Cobalt has announced a C$2.1m (US$1.6m) work programme as part of a project to repurpose its inactive cobalt refinery to produce about 25,000 t/y of cobalt sulfate, an essential component in electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacture. The facility would be the first in North America to produce cobalt sulfate.
Type: News
Andy Barker’s award-winning essay on life at the Stanlow refinery in 2023, written 50 years previously, won him £40. It’s fascinating to see what aspects of our lives he got right – commonplace electric powered transport, desktop computers used for engineering calculations, and automated audio-to-text transcriptions – and where he was well wide of the mark.
Type: Feature
COP27: Three Things I Would Revisit for COP28
David Simmonds suggests three ways that could help next year's COP28 deliver real results
Type: Feature
Steel industry gathers to discuss sustainability
INDUSTRY workers and researchers from across the steel sector gathered for the virtual bi-annual SUSTAIN conference in December 2021, which was titled Sustainability in Steel. SUSTAIN – Strategic University Steel Technology And Innovation Network – is a collaborative research hub working towards transforming the UK steel sector into a cleaner and smarter industry.
Type: News
Controlling Your Maintenance Turnaround Scope, from Kick-Off to Closeout
Gordon Lawrence discusses the need to keep scope to a manageable size and avoid excessive scope growth.
Type: Feature
Gordon Lawrence explains how to get your maintenance turnaround off on the right foot
Type: Feature
UK government lays out national vision for engineering biology industry
THE UK government has said it will invest £2bn (US$2.5bn) over the next ten years in engineering biology disciplines as part of a national vision to develop and commercialise opportunities within the sector. However, some experts say that while the announcement is encouraging, the vision lacks quantitative measures, and the funding is on par with what is already spent by government.
Type: News
