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Producing fuels from 1,500 degrees of solar heat: world’s first plant opens in Germany
THE WORLD’S first industrial plant using solar heat to make fuels has been opened in Germany. Using a vast array of mirrors that focus the sun’s heat onto a tower, the technology’s developer Synhelion plans to use its process to produce greener fuel for planes, ships and cars, and even low-carbon cement.
Type: News
A novel process for democratised fertiliser production
RESEARCHERS from the University of Tokyo (UTokyo), Japan have developed a bench-scale ammonia production process that they hope could help “democratise” the production of fertilisers.
Type: News
BP starts 140,000 bbl/d platform in the US Gulf of Mexico
BP has started oil production at its new Argos platform in the US Gulf of Mexico. The 140,000 bbl/d platform is the first that BP has started in the region since 2008 and will increase the company’s production capacity in the region by 20%.
Type: News
UK government announces £170m boost for Sizewell C nuclear project
THE UK government has confirmed it will provide £170m (US$219m) in additional funding to speed up preparations for the construction of Sizewell C nuclear power plant in Suffolk. Amongst other efforts, the funding will go towards securing essential supply chain components and expanding its workforce.
Type: News
Seshu Dharmavaram discusses his research into anhydrous ammonia and how better management of it can positively affect decarbonisation goals
Type: Feature
Practical Process Control Part 2: Determining Process Dynamics
Myke King provides practical process control advice on how to bolster your processes
Type: Feature
Bloomberg hosts second London sustainability summit
THROUGHOUT history, industries have either fought change or embraced it. Now, with the global threat posed by current unsustainable practices it is important that industry takes action. The Bloomberg Sustainable Business Summit brought together global business experts to discuss how they are embracing change towards a more sustainable future.
Type: News
Developing Policies: What Can We Do?
Increasing chemical engineering contributions to sustainable policy development: an Australian perspective
Type: Feature
Helping Hands in the Health Crisis
Amanda Jasi speaks to companies that have begun producing hand sanitiser, to help prevent the spread of coronavirus
Type: Feature
Oil tanker fire off the coast of Hong Kong kills one
A FIRE that broke out on an oil tanker off the coast of Hong Kong has killed one, injured seven, and two people are still missing.
Type: News
Partners join forces to develop micro nuclear reactor
THREE partners have joined forces in Canada to demonstrate a 15 MW small modular reactor that would provide power and heat to industry and remote communities.
Type: News
Introducing the IChemE Sustainability Hub programme
Trish Melton previews a new IChemE initiative launching in January 2022.
Type: Feature
Five dead and two missing after fire on Pemex offshore oil platform
A FIRE at a Pemex offshore oil platform has resulted in the deaths of five workers, with two still missing.
Type: News
CNOOC commissions China’s first offshore CCS demo project
CHINESE oil and gas company CNOOC has announced that a carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration project at the Enping 15-1 oilfield development has officially started operating. The project is the first of its kind in the country, the firm said.
Type: News
Hinkley Point welcomes UK’s first nuclear reactor in over 30 years
CONSTRUCTION at the Hinkley Point C power plant in Somerset has reached an important milestone with the installation of the UK’s first nuclear reactor in over 30 years.
Type: News
UK chemical plants warned against ‘complacent’ safety standards as cold weather approaches
PLANTS handling hazardous chemicals should not be “complacent” to the risks associated with extreme cold weather, a safety expert has warned.
Type: News
Hydrogen plant set to revive Chapelcross nuclear site
A UK hydrogen developer is planning to build an electrolysis plant at the site of a former nuclear power station in Scotland.
Type: News
Embedding ‘An Awareness of Sustainability’ into Chemical Engineering Curricula
Madoc Sheehan says it is vital that future chemical engineers understand and build knowledge of the grand challenges we face but says teachers and mentors also need to imbue students with hope and optimism
Type: Feature
IChemE announces 2021 Malaysia Awards winners
SUSTAINABLE and digital innovations came out on top at IChemE’s 2021 Malaysia Awards, hosted virtually on 1 October.
Type: News
