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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.
Type: News
Wanted: contributors for Hazards process safety conference
ICHEME is inviting abstract submissions for its Hazards process safety conference taking place from 4–6 November in Birmingham, UK.
Type: News
Pippa Corbett takes a closer look at the potential of heat networks, recent market transformations, and a sustainable chemical engineering career pathway
Type: Feature
BP to invest £18bn to support UK energy security
OIL major BP has plans to invest £18bn (US$22.5bn) in the UK’s energy system by the end of 2030, helping the country to deliver on its ambitions to boost energy security and reach net zero.
Type: News
Russian Roulette (Process Style)
Professional engineers must blow the whistle on intolerable risks
Type: Feature
Modelling with Excel Part 10: Test and Validate
Stephen Hall wraps up his series on how to use Excel for project engineering. Download the interactive workbook to experiment with the entire series
Type: Feature
Modularisation of nuclear new builds
A NEW R&D centre aiming to develop modular manufacturing in the UK’s nuclear energy sector has been opened by the UK’s Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (NAMRC).
Type: News
Dow and Shell's ‘e-cracker’ technology now operational
A JOINT experiment by materials science company Dow and Shell to electrically heat steam cracker furnaces is now underway at the Energy Transition Campus Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Type: News
Hybrid cells bridge the gap between biological and artificial cells
LIVING and non-living components have been combined using microfluidics to create a hybrid cell capable of using a biological cell to process chemicals.
Type: News
Marathon Andeavor tie-up will create largest US refiner
MARATHON PETROLEUM has agreed to buy Andeavor in a US$36bn deal that will create the largest US refiner by capacity.
Type: News
The Sustainability Hub: Why? What? Who? & How?
Trish Melton looks at IChemE’s new Sustainability Hub for members
Type: Feature
Producing cement using electrolysis
MIT scientists have developed a process to produce cement via electrolysis, which would lower the emissions associated with cement production as well as produce gas streams that can be used in other processes.
Type: News
Putting human waste to good use
NUTRIENTS, energy and water will be safely recovered from the faeces and urine of up to 1,000 people a day, in a wastewater treatment trial in South Africa.
Type: News
Sugar beet could kickstart Scottish bioeconomy
GROWING sugar beet in Scotland and processing it at a new biorefinery could help the country become self-sufficient in bioethanol production, creating new jobs and safeguarding existing ones in the chemicals sectors, according to a new economic analysis.
Type: News
Process engineer Ramin Abhari's latest graphic novel aims to raise awareness about laboratory safety
Type: Feature
Rules of Thumb: Vent condenser with Non-condensables
Stephen Hall provides practical insights into on-the-job problems
Type: Feature
Santos agrees to takeover talks with Harbour Energy
HARBOUR ENERGY has made a A$13.5bn (US$10.4bn) bid for Australian oil and gas producer Santos.
Type: News
Warnings new UK coal mine undermines green ambitions
THE UK’s first deep coal mine in 30 years has been given the go ahead by Cumbria County Council, prompting concerns it will hamper climate change efforts and the opportunity for greener steel production.
Type: News
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Michael Wise
Yasmin Ali speaks to Michael Wise, Chemical Process Engineer at Worn Again Technologies.
Type: Feature
Andrew Coe and James Paterson explain developments on part of the solution to the dual energy challenge using an almost century-old reaction
Type: Feature
