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Research community doubts UK’s 'science superpower' ambition as BEIS returns £1.6bn Horizon funding

THE UK’s research community is questioning government’s commitment to making the nation a “science superpower” after it was revealed that £1.6bn (US$1.9bn) earmarked to fund association with Europe’s Horizon programme had been returned to Treasury coffers.

Type: News

Plugging the UK into Moroccan renewables: massive undersea cable link wins funding

A PROJECT planning to run undersea cables from Morocco to the UK to supply 8% of the country’s power has received £30m (US$37.5m) of investment from Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) and Octopus Energy Group.

Type: News

Australia offers industry A$2bn to scale up green hydrogen

AUSTRALIA’S government will give A$2bn ($US1.3bn) to industry to scale-up the production of green hydrogen as it seeks to become a global leader in the burgeoning sector.

Type: News

Orsted awarded first Danish CCUS subsidy tender and signs major carbon removal offtake contract

ORSTED has announced major carbon capture and storage deals, having won a 20-year contract under which Denmark will subsidise a project to capture and store 430,000 t/y of biogenic CO2, and signed an agreement with Microsoft for 2.76m t of carbon removal.

Type: News

Careers in Chemical Engineering: Xueqi Wang

Xueqi Wang talks to Yasmin Ali about her career in refining precious metals across the globe

Type: Feature

US awards US$7bn for seven hydrogen hubs to boost clean energy economy

THE BIDEN administration has announced that seven hydrogen hub proposals are to receive US$7bn in ‘Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’ funding to boost the domestic development and production of hydrogen.

Type: News

European Commission proposes EU-UK tariff delays on electric vehicles as it announces €3bn for battery manufacturing

MANUFACTURERS on both sides of the Channel are urging the EU to adopt a proposal from the European Commission which would delay post-Brexit tariffs on electric vehicle (EV) and battery exports, set to start in 2024.

Type: News

Johnson Matthey and bp license process to make jet fuel from farm waste at US$4bn plant

JOHNSON MATTHEY (JM) and bp have licensed their Fischer-Tropsch process to a huge new US$4bn US plant that will turn agricultural waste into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

Type: News

Blyth Decision Means UK’s Industrial Reboot Loses Another Site of National Importance

Northumberland County Council today approved plans to put a data centre on a site previously earmarked for a £2.6bn gigafactory. Chris McDonald, the former CEO of the Materials Processing Institute, outlines why the decision has the potential to create long-lasting economic damage for the region – and the country

Type: Feature

Update: Anglo American rejects £31bn BHP offer, saying it significantly undervalues the firm

ANGLO AMERICAN has rejected a £31bn (US$38.7bn) takeover offer from its mining rival BHP, saying it “significantly undervalues” the firm.

Type: News

Energy stored as liquefied air: £300m investment triggers construction of UK’s first commercial-scale plant

HIGHVIEW POWER has received £300m (US$379m) in funding to build the UK’s first commercial-scale liquid air energy storage plant (LAES), designed to balance peaks and troughs in power demand as more renewable energy sources are brought online.

Type: News

Drax to expand US business with deal to supply wood pellets to Texas SAF startup

BRITISH-based power generator Drax has agreed the terms of a deal to supply wood pellets to a US sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) startup.

Type: News

Subsidies for Drax to halve as UK government sees ‘more limited role’ for power station

DRAX power station’s state subsidies will be halved once the current arrangement expires in April 2027, the UK government announced on Monday.

Type: News

Johnson Matthey slashes green hydrogen spending by 83% under investor pressure

JOHNSON MATTHEY is cutting its investment in green hydrogen technologies by 83% following pressure from shareholders to offload the business.

Type: News

Sizewell C greenlit with £11.5bn of new state funding

THE UK government today promised to invest an extra £11.5bn (US$15.5bn) for two new reactors at Sizewell C in Suffolk, greenlighting construction of the nuclear power station.

Type: News

Scientists disrupted by Iberian blackout pitch ten principles for chemistry resilience

WHAT do you do when a severe blackout throws your scientific conference (and the whole Iberian peninsula) into turmoil? You use the experience to write a research paper about the ten principles needed for chemicals and chemistry resilience, of course.

Type: News

EDF to invest £1.1bn in Sizewell C – but reduces overall stake in project

ENERGY giant EDF has said it intends to invest £1.1bn (US$1.5bn) in construction of the Sizewell C nuclear reactors on the Suffolk coast, UK, following government go-ahead for the project in June.

Type: News

UK biodiesel plant to close, operator announces

BIODIESEL manufacturer Greenergy has announced plans to cease production at its Immingham plant in Lincolnshire and begin redundancy consultations with its 60 staff following a strategic review.

Type: News

The Net Zero House

Can net zero housing help the UK meet targets? Tom Baxter does the math

Type: Feature

Thailand: Covid-19 and the Vaccine

How the Covid-19 vaccine development is progressing in Thailand

Type: Feature