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Drax starts commissioning Europe’s first BECCS pilot plant
DRAX, the energy company, has started commissioning of its innovative bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) pilot plant. It is the first project of its kind in Europe. Commissioning started today, on the tenth anniversary of the Climate Change Act.
Type: News
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Rachel Cooke
A profile of Rachel Cooke, central programs engineering manager for Amazon in Europe, based in Luxembourg.
Type: Feature
Process Hengineering, You Say?
How a team of process engineers turned waste calcium hydroxide into valuable animal feed
Type: Feature
Explosion at hazardous waste facility kills one
AN explosion at a US Ecology facility in Idaho, US, has killed one worker and injured three.
Type: News
Bloomberg hosts second London sustainability summit
THROUGHOUT history, industries have either fought change or embraced it. Now, with the global threat posed by current unsustainable practices it is important that industry takes action. The Bloomberg Sustainable Business Summit brought together global business experts to discuss how they are embracing change towards a more sustainable future.
Type: News
House of Lords calls on government to take urgent action to clarify chemical regulations
THE House of Lords EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee has published a report expressing concern over the government’s current plans for regulating chemicals after Brexit.
Type: News
New MOF makes plastic manufacturing more energy efficient
RESEARCHERS have developed a metal-organic framework (MOF) containing iron-peroxo (Fe2(O2)) sites which could reduce the amount of energy required for extracting ethylene, the key ingredient in polyethylene plastic.
Type: News
ExxonMobil to contribute US$10m to the Singapore Energy Centre partnership
EXXONMOBIL has announced that it will be contributing US$10m to the Singapore Energy Centre. The announcement was made on 31 October at Singapore International Energy Week 2018.
Type: News
UK and Canada sign agreement for civil nuclear cooperation
THE UK and Canada have signed a bilateral Nuclear Cooperation Agreement (NCA) which will ensure that international cooperation will still apply after the UK leaves the EU.
Type: News
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
Carbon Capture and Storage: Are We There Yet?
Amanda Doyle travels to Norway on a CCS safari
Type: Feature
The potential of algae to recover valuable resources from waste could transform the traditional waste management sector
Type: Feature
Honey, I Shrunk the Antimicrobial Resistance
An engineer’s role in rejuvenating a naturally-inspired antimicrobial
Type: Feature
Are today’s methods of grading and selecting our graduate chemengers lacking?
Type: Feature
First apprenticeship survey released
SCIENCE Industry Partnership (SIP), a membership organisation for employers across the UK’s science industries, has released its first ever Apprenticeship Survey. The survey offers the first opportunity to analyse information on apprenticeships across the science industries, which are strategic centres of the UK’s economy.
Type: News
IChemE announces results of Congress elections
IChemE has announced the names of 32 volunteers who have been elected to the new member advisory body.
Type: News
The potential of big data, the Industrial Internet of Things and Industry 4.0 to transform performance in the process industries.
Type: Feature
Creating a Sustainable Future – The Role of Material Selection
The one challenge that engineers of all stripes need to deal with is material selection.
Type: Feature
