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UK data hub to boost manufacturing
ULSTER University, UK is leading a new £50m (US$62.9m) data innovation hub and testbed expected to help UK manufacturers boost productivity and competitiveness.
Type: News
Rolls-Royce SMR announces facility to manufacture and test nuclear technology modules
ROLLS-ROYCE SMR has started work on a £15m (US$19.2m) project to manufacture and test prototype modules for its small modular reactor technology, taking a vital step towards deploying a global fleet of “factory-built” nuclear power plants.
Type: News
Vale to begin disposing of mining waste from fatal Brazil dam collapse
MINING giant Vale is to begin disposing of the mine tailings from the fatal collapse of one of its dams last year, which killed at least 259 people, into the extraction site. The move is expected to speed up the removal and final disposal process.
Type: News
A look at how a wastewater treatment plant in Denmark has become energy self-sufficient
Type: Feature
Jonathan Wright and colleagues explain how their IChemE Award-winning ion exchange and encapsulated bacteria technologies can combat critical nitrate problems
Type: Feature
Saudi Aramco and Sempra Energy sign HoA for proposed LNG project
SUBSIDIARIES of energy infrastructure company Sempra Energy and Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil and gas company, have signed a heads of agreement (HoA) for offtake and a 25% stake in what could be one of the largest LNG export projects in North America.
Type: News
OFGEM, the UK’s energy regulator has launched a formal investigation into power company Drax to determine if the wood pellets burnt to generate electricity at its Selby plant breach sustainability rules. The regulator said however that the opening of this investigation does not imply that it has previously made “any findings about possible non-compliance”.
Type: News
Air Products to build world-scale hydrogen energy complex
AIR Products has announced a multibillion-dollar plan for a “landmark”, world-scale net-zero hydrogen energy complex in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Type: News
Remaining Relevant in a Changing World
New IChemE President Jane Cutler speaks to Adam Duckett
Type: Feature
Fibres can extract uranium from seawater
Seawater uranium can supply 10,000 y of energy needs
Type: News
The Right Balance: Women in Engineering
Orla Douds, Anousha Khan, Martyna Cepaite and Jessica Pidgeon share their experiences of gender balance at university and in industry
Type: Feature
Partners successfully test UK’s first 3D-printed concrete water chamber
UNITED Utilities and its partner, 3D mortar printing company ChangeMaker3D (CM3D), have successfully demonstrated what they say is the UK’s first 3D-printed concrete chamber in the water sector, achieving significant carbon, cost, and labour savings.
Type: News
Philip Aldridge shares his plans as new NEPIC CEO
PHILIP ALDRIDGE, an IChemE member who has taken over as CEO of England’s Northeast Process Industry Cluster (NEPIC), spoke with The Chemical Engineer about his plans for the group, which works with its member companies to support growth in the region.
Type: News
UK council gets £6.5m funding for mine water energy scheme
BRIDGEND COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL in Wales, UK, has been awarded £6.5m (US$9.1m) in funding by the EU for the UK’s first large-scale mine water geothermal energy project.
Type: News
Light-activated catalyst turns CO2 to CO
RESEARCHERS at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the US have developed a “spongy” nickel-based, light-activated catalyst which can convert CO2 to CO with near 100% efficiency.
Type: News
Pilot project to convert waste into construction material
UK COMPANY Carbon8 Systems will run its first energy-from-waste (EfW) pilot project at an AVR site in the Netherlands that will use captured carbon dioxide (CO2) and waste to create material for the construction industry.
Type: News
Compact Syngas Solutions receives £4m in funding for carbon capture project
COMPACT SYNGAS SOLUTIONS (CSS) in Deeside, Wales, a company that turns waste wood and unrecyclable materials into syngas and then hydrogen, has won nearly £4m (US$5.2m) in UK government funding to test a method for capturing carbon from its clean fuel production process.
Type: News
BP warns that world is on unsustainable path
BP HAS warned of a “worrying vicious cycle” of energy use in its new global energy report, as extreme weather caused a growth in energy use and a subsequent rise in emissions last year.
Type: News
