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UK Government match-funds small modular nuclear reactors
THE UK Government is investing £18m (US$23m) in a partnership with industry led by Rolls Royce to develop small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs).
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Novel battery technology project succeeds in proof-of-concept
A COLLABORATIVE project has succeeded in demonstrating proof-of-concept for novel sodium-nickel-chloride battery technology. The £250,000 (US$310,057) project involved innovation centre CPI, Lancaster-based SME LiNa Energy, and the University of Lancaster.
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RAEng launches competition for schoolchildren
THE Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) has launched a new competition, Engineers in the Making, for schoolchildren aged 7–14 across the UK. The academy is looking for budding engineers to take on the challenges and show off their creativity, imagination, and problem-solving skills.
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Second carbon capture pilot to start at Drax
DRAX has announced that a new bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) pilot facility will be installed at its power station in North Yorkshire, UK.
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CSB releases update on TPC explosion
THE US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released its factual update on the explosion that took place at the Texas Petroleum Chemical (TPC) facility in Port Neches, Texas, on 27 November 2019.
Type: News
Ebola vaccine stockpile established
A STOCKPILE of Ebola vaccine has been established by humanitarian organisations to help better prepare against future outbreaks.
Type: News
Sanofi invests in new vaccine production facility in Singapore
SANOFI is investing €400m (US$479m) over five years to build a new vaccine production facility in Singapore.
Type: News
Lonza and Moderna enter agreement to increase vaccine production
LONZA has entered a new agreement with Moderna to double production for Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine at its site in Switzerland.
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Cement major plans world’s first carbon-neutral production plant
HEIDELBERGCEMENT plans to retrofit its plant in Sweden to capture 1.8m t/y of CO2, and become what it says will be the world’s first carbon-neutral cement plant.
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Partnership to produce Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in South Africa
PFIZER and BioNTech have signed a letter of intent with South African biopharmaceutical company Biovac to produce the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in Cape Town.
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UK regulator publishes carbon capture guidance
THE UK Environment Agency has published guidance on the best available techniques (BAT) for post-combustion CO2 capture.
Type: News
BOC becomes Bronze Corporate Partner
BOC HAS been awarded IChemE Bronze Corporate Partner Award status, in recognition of its professional development and mentoring.
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ITM and BOC get gov funding for integrated electrolyser
THE UK Government has backed the construction of an electrolyser in Scotland that will be integrated with the UK’s largest onshore wind farm to produce and store hydrogen from renewable power.
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UK provides funding for distilleries to reduce emissions
THE UK Government has announced £11.3m (US$15.1m) in funding for distilleries to help them cut emissions and support green jobs.
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OGA announces winners of offshore electrification competition
THE UK Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has awarded three projects a share of £1m (US$1.3m) for the advancement of offshore electrification.
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McDermott awarded contract to help expand Qatar LNG production
MCDERMOTT has been awarded a contract to provide topsides and pipelines that will help significantly increase LNG output in Qatar.
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Fluor will engineer Itero’s chemicals recycling process
FLUOR has won the contract to engineer a chemical recycling demonstration plant for Itero in the Netherlands that will pyrolyse waste plastics into new feedstocks.
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Australian universities join forces to commercialise clean tech
AUSTRALIA’S University of New South Wales Sydney (UNSW) and University of Newcastle have received more than A$200m to help industry rapidly commercialise technologies for clean energy and recycling.
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Shell joins Qatar for major LNG expansion
SHELL has become the fifth energy firm to take a stake in Qatar’s project to expand its LNG output by more than 40% to 110m t/y.
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Dominican officials accuse plastics company of causing explosion that killed 31 people
AUTHORITIES in the Dominican Republic are pursuing a criminal case against a plastics company following a powerful explosion that killed at least 31 people. Officials have said it could take months to identify some of the victims.
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