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Electrification of steam cracking: BASF demo set to operate in 2023
BASF, SABIC and Linde have begun electrifying a steam cracker at the huge Ludwigshafen chemicals complex in Germany, as they seek to show that the sector can eliminate 90% of emissions from the heart of chemicals processing.
Type: News
A NEW study by researchers at UCL suggests that supplies of sulfuric acid, a vital ingredient used in the production of a wide variety of items could face a global shortage as industries turn to decarbonisation to fight climate change.
Type: News
Describe, Diagnose, Predict and Prescribe – make it Data not Drugs!
Researchers and industry have developed a guide to data analytics for pharmaceutical manufacturing
Type: Feature
TRISO-X begins construction on commercial-scale advanced nuclear fuel facility
TRISO-X, a wholly-owned subsidiary of X-energy, has marked the start of construction at a site its parent company has billed as “North America’s first commercial-scale advanced nuclear fuel facility” in Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Type: News
Book Review: The Authority Gap
Mary Ann Sieghart; ISBN: 9781784165888; Black Swan (an imprint of Transworld Publishers); 2022; £10.99
Type: Feature
UK Autumn statement offers boon to research but little news for industry
AMIDST tax rises and expenditure cutting amounting to around £50bn (US$60bn), funding for research and development is one of the few bright spots in an otherwise austerity-focused budget outlined by UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt in his Autumn Statement
Type: News
PACKAGING solutions made from seaweed, and rocks that lock away CO2 are just two of this year’s Earthshot Prize winners revealed by the competition’s founder, Prince William.
Type: News
Shell invests in used lubricants firm and buys Europe’s biggest biogas producer
SHELL has acquired a 49% interest in Blue Tide Environmental, a company specialising in the production of high-lubricity, low-sulphur marine fuel derived from recycled used motor oil.
Type: News
3M pledges to stop making and using “forever chemicals” by 2025
US manufacturing firm 3M has said it will stop making and using PFAS, a group of over 4700 industrial chemicals commonly known as “forever chemicals”, across its product range by the end of 2025.
Type: News
Crown Estate awards first survey contracts for Celtic Sea floating wind farms
AMBITIOUS plans to deliver an initial 4GW of energy capacity in the Celtic Sea has taken a major step forward after the Crown Estate announced it has awarded the first contract in a multi-million pound programme of marine surveys to investigate potential floating wind farm locations off the southern coast of Ireland.
Type: News
UK government fails to support technology that could be key to combatting plastic waste
THE UK government has been criticised for dismissing recommendations to support chemical recycling and a ban on all UK plastic waste exports.
Type: News
Engineers awarded QEPrize for advancing solar PV technology
IN ITS 10th year, the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering has been awarded to four engineers whose research and development of solar photovoltaic (PV) technology underpins the growth of high-performance, low-cost solar power.
Type: News
British Steel coke ovens closure threatens 260 jobs
BRITISH Steel has said it is closing the coking ovens at its Scunthorpe works, threatening 260 jobs amid concerns over an "unprecedented" rise in energy costs and demand for sustainability.
Type: News
Freeport LNG receives approval for partial restart
THE US’s Freeport LNG has received regulatory approval to partially restart commercial operations, after a pipeline rupture and explosion in June 2022 took its Texas terminal offline
Type: News
Chemical engineers helping to close the loop on electric car batteries
CHEMICAL engineers at Imperial College London are working with Altilium Metals to prove that electric car batteries produced with recycled material can match those produced with virgin resources.
Type: News
Consortium to develop floating nuclear power plants
SAMSUNG Heavy Industries (SHI), Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP), and Seaborg Technologies have announced a consortium to develop floating nuclear power plants.
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
RWE, Mitsui, and Port of Tilbury sign MoU on green hydrogen projects to decarbonise port operations
RWE, one of the UK’s largest power generators, along with global trading and investment company Mitsui and the Port of Tilbury have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop two green hydrogen projects that will help decarbonise operations at the port in Essex.
Type: News
UK government announces £170m boost for Sizewell C nuclear project
THE UK government has confirmed it will provide £170m (US$219m) in additional funding to speed up preparations for the construction of Sizewell C nuclear power plant in Suffolk. Amongst other efforts, the funding will go towards securing essential supply chain components and expanding its workforce.
Type: News
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners to team up with Swansea University on CO2 upcycling research
COCA-COLA Europacific Partners (CCEP) is teaming up with Swansea University to work on cutting-edge carbon conversion research that could be used to create sustainable packaging materials.
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