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Australia to ‘recklessly’ invest A$600m in gas project

AS PART of its 2021–22 Budget, the Australian Government is investing up to A$600m (US$464.3m) to allow energy generation company Snowy Hydro to construct a 660 MW gas power turbine in Kurri Kurri, Hunter Valley, New South Wales (NSW).

Type: News

Celebrating IChemE as a Learned Society

Alexandra Meldrum recalls our learned society’s achievements and previews what’s to come

Type: Feature

Chemical Engineers Delivering Climate Change Action

In the lead-up to COP26, Amanda Lake discusses how IChemE is delivering on its climate change commitments, what to look out for, and how you can get involved

Type: Feature

UK strategy is pivot point for fusion development

Experts welcome UK plans to build fusion demonstrator

Type: News

ExxonMobil developing roadmaps towards net zero

EXXONMOBIL is developing emission-reduction roadmaps for its major facilities and assets, which will help the company achieve its newly-announced commitment of net zero at its operated assets by 2050.

Type: News

Made in Space

Andrew Bacon talks to Adam Duckett about plans to launch feedstocks into space, and bring them back to Earth as manufactured goods

Type: Feature

1,300 times more novel CDR needed to meet climate targets

NOVEL carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies, such as bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS), need to be scaled up by 1,300 times by 2050, to meet climate goals, says a new report.

Type: News

EU launches net zero plan to rival US greentech incentives

THE EU has outlined its plans for scaling-up the manufacturing of crucial clean technologies as it seeks to bolster the bloc’s competitiveness in the face of US incentives, reduce its reliance on imports from China, and create jobs.

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TfS white paper explores new approaches to counting carbon in chemical sector

A WHITE paper released by global chemical initiative Together for Sustainability (TfS) has identified several improvements in corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting that they say if implemented will help encourage decarbonisation across the chemical sector.

Type: News

Goodbye 2023, and what to read while we’re away

AS WE put the lids on our pens, close our notebooks, and say goodbye until 2 January, we thought you’d appreciate a few pointers on what to catch up on while we’re away.

Type: News

Oil Change: Using Microbes to Produce Edible Oils

With the food system threatening to crumble under the weight of a growing population, Chris Chuck believes his alternative oil production technology can take some of the strain

Type: Feature

UK government’s energy market reforms overshadowed by call to build new gas power stations

ENGINEERS are pushing the UK government to do more to support CCUS and hydrogen following its highly politicised spin about the need to build new gas plants that overshadowed a much wider package of energy market reforms.

Type: News

Keep Calm and Dry Tea: Designing an ATEX-Compliant Tea Leaf Dryer

Tea may be renowned for its soothing qualities, but tea leaves have the potential to cause catastrophic dust explosions if not carefully controlled. Thankfully, Gido van Tienhoven and his team at Ex-Machinery are on hand to ensure there is no trouble brewing

Type: Feature

Engineering Net Zero Part 9B: Modelling of our Energy System

David Simmonds offers a tool to simplify the presentation of the long-duration balancing measures needed for UK's future power system.

Type: Feature

Starting Out: A New Age of Nuclear and Fusion

The first in a series from the IChemE National Early Careers Group profiling early career opportunities in different sectors

Type: Feature

F1’s Gallagher to give third Kletz lecture

Four Hazards 27 keynote speakers also announced

Type: News

Ensuring the Safety of Food

Tony Hasting looks at the options for quality assurance

Type: Feature

Systems Engineering and Chemical Engineering Design

Rob Kirkpatrick explains teaching of soft skills

Type: Feature

INWED: Female chemical engineers recognised for green leadership

AS celebrations get underway for International Women in Engineering Day (INWED), we caught up with the six chemical engineers who today were announced as winners of the Top 50 Women in Engineering, for their work on sustainability.

Type: Feature

Modelling with Excel Part 7: A Comparative Study ‑ Part 1

Stephen Hall offers practical guidance on using Excel for project engineering

Type: Feature