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IChemE and Climate Change: Support for Chemical Engineering
Andrew Jamieson updates on how IChemE is ensuring that there are systems and resources available for professionals
Type: Feature
IChemE Matters - November 2024
Mark Apsey, Duncan Lugton, M Iqbal Essa, and members of the TCE Reader Feedback Panel update readers on stakeholder engagement, policy, and safety
Type: News
Beverly Coulter explains how she introduces process engineering concepts to new undergrads via the Chocolate Chip Cookie Challenge
Type: Feature
EU calls for proposals for €1bn clean technology fund
THE EU Commission has launched a call for proposals for its €1bn (US$1.1bn) Innovation Fund for large-scale low-carbon technologies, including energy storage and carbon capture.
Type: News
Sabic to assess Coolbrook’s greener cracking technology
SABIC has agreed to assess Coolbrook’s turbomachine technology which is being piloted as a greener alternative to steam cracking. If proved viable, the technology could help Sabic and other chemicals firms decarbonise ethylene production.
Type: News
Sustainability in Action: Three Years of the IChemE Sustainability Hub
Programme director Trish Melton explains how, with IChemE’s support, chemical engineers are building the skills needed for a sustainable future
Type: Feature
Johnson Matthey licenses technology for largest-of-its-kind biodegradable plastics plant
JOHNSON MATTHEY is licensing its butanediol (BDO) process technology for a new plastics plant in Fujian, China, which is said to be the largest of its kind in the world.
Type: News
Nuclear fusion in Europe delayed past 2050
NUCLEAR fusion in Europe from the DEMO demonstration plant could be pushed back beyond 2054, according to the BBC.
Type: News
H2 and NH3 – the Perfect Marriage in a Carbon-free Society
The promise of storing hydrogen as ammonia
Type: Feature
As we face grand challenges, Alexandra Meldrum says let’s consider the practical actions we can each take to help shape a sustainable future
Type: Feature
New partners join industrial initiative to electrify EU crackers
REPSOL and Versalis have joined the Cracker of the Future consortium, which is working to develop technology to electrify the steam cracking process.
Type: News
Hayward welcomed as new chair of NEPIC
Dai Hayward has been appointed chair of the North East of England Process Industry Cluster (NEPIC).
Type: News
ARENA releases investment plan for low-emissions technologies
THE Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has launched an investment plan setting out how it will support the technologies needed to transition to zero emissions.
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.
Type: News
Essar plans for Stanlow refinery to run solely on hydrogen
STANLOW refinery could operate solely on hydrogen in the near future as Essar moves ahead with design works for the facility’s fuel switching process.
Type: News
Plastics recycling partners plan 100,000 t/y facility
INEOS and Plastic Energy have signed a memorandum of understanding for a 100,000 t/y facility in Köln, Germany, to turn difficult-to-recycle plastic waste into virgin-quality raw materials. The plant will represent the largest use of Plastic Energy’s technology on the market.
Type: News
Chemical engineers work to create hydrogen from steel sludge
CHEMICAL engineers from Imperial College London have joined forces with the UK’s Materials Processing Institute (MPI) to develop a process that will produce hydrogen and valuable metals from steelmaking sludges.
Type: News
Can oil-eating microbes clean up spills in the Arctic?
MICROBES that use oil as a food source offer the only way to degrade oil after a spill, however a review by researchers at Aarhus University, Denmark, has shown that biodegradation can be inhibited in cold waters.
Type: News
