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Chris and Penny Hamlin explain how real-time data and dynamic insights can drive sustainable change
Type: Feature
With oil prices low, what does the future hold for the global petrochemicals industry?
Type: Feature
Rules of Thumb: Control Valve Lift
Stephen Hall provides practical insights into on-the-job problems
Type: Feature
EPA’s new energy plan gives boost to coal-fired plants
THE US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has introduced a new energy rule that will extend the life of coal-fired plants through improved heat rate efficiency.
Type: News
Ammonium nitrate explosion in Beirut kills at least 135 people
AN explosion at a warehouse storing ammonium nitrate in Beirut, Lebanon, has killed at least 135 people and injured at least 5,000.
Type: News
Partners build facility to test hydrogen transmission
NATIONAL Grid is partnering with gas distribution companies, safety organisations, and academia, to build a first-of-its-kind offline hydrogen test facility in the UK. The facility is expected to help understand how hydrogen gas could be used in future to heat homes and deliver green energy to industry.
Type: News
MARVEL FUSION, which is working to commercialise laser-based fusion energy technology, has partnered with Colorado State University, US, to build a US$150m laser facility at the university’s Foothills Campus in Fort Collins. Set to become one of the most powerful laser facilities in the world, it will allow for research that will advance Marvel’s fusion approach.
Type: News
Type One Energy to build stellarator prototype with plans to commercialise fusion energy
A STELLARATOR fusion pilot plant has been earmarked for construction at a former coal-fired power station in Tennessee, US, potentially pushing fusion energy closer to commercialisation.
Type: News
Cemex to install world-first hydrogen process at UK cement plant
CEMEX is set to trial a process developed by Hiiroc that uses plasma to produce hydrogen for greener industrial heat at its cement plant in Rugby, UK.
Type: News
Hinkley Point £2.2bn over budget
FRENCH energy supplier EDF has forecast that UK nuclear power station Hinkley Point could cost up to £2.2bn (US$2.5bn) more than expected, and be completed 15 months late.
Type: News
IChemE members honoured at Chemeca 2017
MEMBERS of IChemE were presented with awards of excellence at Chemeca 2017, to celebrate their contributions to the chemical engineering community in Australia and New Zealand.
Type: News
Petrofac and Samsung awarded Oman project
PETROFAC and Samsung Engineering say they are to be awarded a US$2bn contract for a 50/50 joint venture at the Duqm Refinery in southern Oman.
Type: News
Medical adhesive inspired by slugs
AN ADHESIVE inspired by a species of slug has been described by researchers, who say it adheres flexibly to biological tissues even when wet, and has a range of medical applications.
Type: News
Solar paint turns wall into a fuel station
ONE day, fuel stations could become little more than a wall coated with a special catalytic paint, thanks to a novel hydrogen-production system developed by researchers at Australia’s RMIT University.
Type: News
Industry supports US carbon tax
EXXONMOBIL is among a number of industry giants that have backed plans for a US carbon tax designed by a group of Republican elders to build support for bipartisan climate action in the US.
Type: News
Thorium nuclear research boost
A THORIUM molten salt reactor (TMSR) experiment – the world’s first in over 45 years – has been started in the Netherlands.
Type: News
Major hydrochloric acid leak in Hull
A VAPOUR cloud formed over the Port of Hull, UK, after a leak of hydrochloric acid from a tank, and resulted in four people being sent to hospital.
Type: News
Emerson returns with US$29bn bid for Rockwell
EMERSON ELECTRIC has increased its offer for Rockwell Automation to US$29bn.
Type: News
People should stay in their homes after a nuclear accident
MASS relocation of residents following a major nuclear accident is largely unnecessary, according to new research in the UK.
Type: News
