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Ban the Steam Engine and Build Ten Hinkleys
As products improve and prices fall, the take-up of petrol-electric hybrids and 'pure' electric vehicles (EVs) might come much sooner. Today’s ‘conventionals’ will become obsolete long before they’re banned.
Type: Feature
Hazard Identification: Planning for Success
A look at the hazard and operability study (HAZOP).
Type: Feature
The prospects at birth for Edward Charles Howard and Norbert Rillieux could scarcely have been more different, yet these men have been recognised as two of the most significant figures in the ‘prehistory’ of chemical engineering. The former was born, in 1774, a scion of England’s premier ducal family, the younger brother of the12th Duke of Norfolk. In stark contrast, the latter, born thirty years later, was a ‘quadroon libre’, the son of the slave Constance Vivant, who was the ‘placée’ or common-law wife of Vincent Rilleux, owner of a Louisiana sugar plantation.
Type: Feature
Oils & Fats: Essential Engineering
Qua Kiat Seng charts the evolution of vegetable oil production
Type: Feature
Report assesses the role of biomass in meeting climate change targets in the UK
A REPORT by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has said that biomass has a role to play in a low-carbon economy, but only if sustainably sourced.
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
New view of chemical engineering to help serve society
RESEARCHERS have presented a new view of chemical and biochemical (C&B) engineering, which sees the discipline as three interconnected layers of activity. They say the view helps to show how well equipped the field is to tackle current and future challenges, to serve society.
Type: News
IChemE members join group advising government on net zero plans
ICHEME members are working with representatives of the wider engineering discipline to advise the UK Government on how it can achieve its net zero emissions target, with a strong emphasis on the need to adopt a systems approach.
Type: News
Increasing yield for portable vaccine production method
RESEARCHERS at Northwestern University, US have discovered a way to improve their new protein-based vaccine manufacturing method, which could help to broaden access to potentially life-saving medicines that can combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and viruses.
Type: News
175 countries commit to create historic global plastics treaty
ONE HUNDRED and seventy-five nations have agreed to create a global treaty to end plastics pollution and bring about a circular economy, in a move described as the most ambitious environmental action since the 1989 international agreement to halt the use of CFCs.
Type: News
UK coal mine approval: ‘I don’t understand why we’re doing this,’ says CCC Chair
THE UK Government has approved the first coal mine in 30 years, despite widespread climate concerns and an apparent lack of need.
Type: News
Scientists produce green hydrogen from seawater
SCIENTISTS have developed a system that can produce green hydrogen directly from seawater without the need for any pre-treatment processes like desalination. The team behind the development, which involves the introduction of a Lewis acid layer on a transition metal oxide catalyst, say the method shows high potential for commercial application.
Type: News
Report shows growing demand for engineers, and ‘green engineering’
AS THE UK ramps up its net zero efforts, a report commissioned by EngineeringUK finds that demand for engineers is predicted to grow faster than for other occupations, and vacancies for “green engineering” jobs in the country have increased by 55% over the last 5 years.
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AN UNKOWN number of decommissioned gas wells at Santos’s Legendre gas field off the coast of Western Australia have been leaking from the seabed for at least 10 years, according to documents submitted to Nopsema, the country’s national petroleum regulator, by Santos in early 2022.
Type: News
UK quits ‘climate-wrecking’ Energy Charter Treaty after efforts to modernise it fail
The UK government is leaving the “outdated” and controversial Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), an international agreement that allows fossil fuel companies to sue governments over net zero policies that threaten their investments.
Type: News
Modelling with Excel Part 9: Digitising a Chart
Stephen Hall offers practical guidance on using Excel for project engineering
Type: Feature
The universities with standout methods for teaching sustainability
Type: Feature
