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Acorn CCS partners sign MoUs for carbon capture

THE partners in the UK’s Acorn CCS project have signed three new memorandums of understanding (MoUs) for carbon capture collaborations.

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John Ross Grace, 1943–2021

Obituary of John Grace, one of the leading chemical engineers in Canada, known worldwide for his work in fluidisation and fluid-particle systems.

Type: News

Continuing in a Crisis

Robert Walker explains the lessons he learned in successfully enabling critical gas supplies to continue throughout the pandemic

Type: Feature

Giving a Client Value: Whatever That Is

John Downer explains how teams can understand and provide value to projects for clients

Type: Feature

A Lego Technic Cupcake Production Line

In the third of a series about chemical engineers who are volunteering their skills to contribute to society, Peter Swanson shares his experiences of getting schoolchildren into chemical engineering

Type: Feature

Remaining Relevant in a Changing World

New IChemE President Jane Cutler speaks to Adam Duckett

Type: Feature

Time to Transfer?

James Colley offers sound advice on careers transition when you need to switch sectors

Type: Feature

Catapulting the Hydrogen Economy: Catalytic Membrane Reactors

Humbul Suleman and colleagues explain how refinements to a decades-old technology can provide clean, cheap hydrogen

Type: Feature

Sanofi invests in mRNA vaccine centre

SANOFI will invest about €400m (US$472m) annually in a first-of-its-kind vaccines mRNA Center of Excellence, to help accelerate end-to-end vaccine R&D.

Type: News

COP26 programme announced

THE COP26 Presidency Programme has been announced and will focus on different themes each day, ranging from zero-emissions transport to gender equality in climate action.

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Shell starts up Europe’s largest PEM ‘green’ hydrogen electrolyser

SHELL has started operations at what it claims is Europe’s largest polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolyser, producing “green” hydrogen at its Energy and Chemicals Park Rheinland, in Germany.

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IChemE allows free access to 25 new books

ICHEME members can now access 25 additional technical textbooks through Knovel, with titles added in 2021 including new publications on digitalisation, major hazard management, and clean energy.

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Integrating Capital Projects into a Turnaround Event

Early, timely input and support is key, says Gordon Lawrence

Type: Feature

Heat Pumps, Boilers, and Decarbonisation

Tommy Isaac compares heat pumps and boilers, and which is most suited for decarbonisation

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Siemens and BioNTech commit to accelerate Covid-19 vaccine scale-out, starting in Singapore

SIEMENS and BioNTech say they will build a Covid-19 vaccine facility in Singapore, as part of efforts to rapidly expand worldwide production.

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Three researchers awarded IChemE Andrew Fellowship

ICHEME has awarded three chemical engineering researchers the Andrew Fellowship to advance the field of catalysis.

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CCC says UK policy is failing climate action

DESPITE historic climate commitments, the UK Government has been too slow to follow these with delivery. The UK Climate Change Committee (CCC) said this as it announced progress reports appraising the “twin climate challenges” of cutting emissions to net zero and adapting to climate risks facing the country.

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WHO announces first Covid vaccine technology transfer hub

The World Health Organization (WHO) and its COVAX partners are working with a South African consortium to establish its first Covid mRNA vaccine technology transfer hub.

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US refinery shutdown serves as a lesson for process safety

“PROCESS safety is more than just life preservation, it’s about making sure that we look after the communities that surround us as well,” says process safety expert Paul Kenny.

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