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Waste to BioSNG innovation wins big at IChemE Awards
A NEW technology that converts solid household waste into sustainable bio-energy has won the top prize at the IChemE Global Awards 2018, held in Manchester UK on 1 November.
Type: News
BASF announces four research projects for reducing CO2 emissions
BASF has outlined four R&D activities that will allow the company to achieve CO2-neutral growth until 2030 as part of its carbon management programme.
Type: News
Wylfa suspension could lead to a UK energy crisis
HITACHI has announced the decision to suspend indefinitely its UK nuclear power station construction project Wylfa Newydd, on the Isle of Anglesey, Wales. Experts have warned that this could lead to a UK energy crisis.
Type: News
Action is needed to fight growing science scepticism
3M, the US-based materials firm, has released the results of an annual survey which show that public scepticism for science is growing, prompting calls for greater outreach by the science community to help gain support.
Type: News
South Africa unveils 2030 power plan
SOUTH Africa’s Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has updated its Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) on the country’s energy generation up to 2030. The IRP aims to diversify the energy mix while attempting to address the serious problem of insufficient energy capacity.
Type: News
Rio Tinto will spend US$1bn on reducing emissions
RIO Tinto has announced that it will spend US$1bn over the next five years to reduce its carbon footprint as part of plans to get to net zero by 2050.
Type: News
Industry pushes to keep staff safe and plants running
Industry reacts to keep staff and plants running during pandemic
Type: News
Transition to low-carbon world needs to be faster, says DNV GL report
ENERGY-RELATED CO2 emissions have peaked due to the pandemic, but the world is still on track to exhaust the remaining CO2 budget by 2028, according to DNV GL’s 2020 Energy Transition Outlook.
Type: News
Engineers tell government how PPE could be reused in the UK
SERIOUS consideration should be given to decontaminating and reusing PPE to alleviate shortages and improve sustainability, according to a briefing paper that the UK Government requested from engineers.
Type: News
Remaining Relevant in a Changing World
New IChemE President Jane Cutler speaks to Adam Duckett
Type: Feature
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.
Type: News
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Maria Papathanasiou
Yasmin Ali speaks to Maria Papathanasiou about how she ended up using mathematical modelling to answer questions around juggling the Covid-19 vaccine with the flu vaccine, and how the global supply chain would function if a need for regular boosters arises.
Type: Feature
UK Government props up industry to prevent CO2 shortage
THE UK Government has been forced to step in and pay for industry to keep producing CO2 after a rapid rise in energy prices forced fertiliser manufacturers to shut down operations.
Type: News
Low temperature embrittlement is a common, but poorly understood hazard. Paul Denham looks at prevention and mitigation of its risks
Type: Feature
Pure Processing for Battery Tech
William Hawker discusses his role in commercialising low cost, low emissions processes for production of lithium-ion battery cathode material
Type: Feature
Ausiera Rosland talks about her role as a Project Engineer at Sime Darby Oils in Malaysia
Type: Feature
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Simon Harrall
Yasmin Ali speaks to Simon Harrall, Associate Attorney at Patterson + Sheridan LLP, based in Houston, Texas, US
Type: Feature
A Cleaner, Greener Future: ‘We are Key, and we are Responsible’
Amanda Jasi speaks to Nobel Prize winner Frances Arnold about how chemical engineering can help humanity survive and thrive
Type: Feature
Curbing Carbon Emissions with Green Methanol
Carbon Recycling International (CRI) has pioneered a process to transform CO2 emissions into methanol by direct hydrogenation of captured CO2. It now plans to deploy its technology at commercial scale and help curb emissions from the chemicals sector
Type: Feature
