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Sadara project bidding scheme

Export agency backs British bidding

Added: 26 Jun 2013

The UK Export Finance has announced a guarantee of £450 million to companies bidding for Saudi Arab…

WELTEC biomethane plant

Biomethane plant fires up

Added: 25 Jun 2013

Built in the shadow of the old Arneburg nuclear power plant, the refinery has the capacity to suppl…

Harnessing 'poo power' to generate electricity

Flushing out new energy resources

Added: 20 Jun 2013

Southern Water has announced the completion of CHP plants at three locations which capture biogas g…

Chemicals processing 1

Waste-whiskey in the driving seat

Added: 20 Jun 2013

A Scottish biofuel group believes it is possible to convert waste whiskey into clean, renewable bio…

BV Dairy

Technique purifies dairy wastewater while producing energy

Added: 18 Jun 2013

A pan-European research team is developing a modular system to purify dairy wastewater electrochemi…

Molecular sieves

Molecular ‘sieves’ provide greener power generation

Added: 13 Jun 2013

Polymer molecular sieve membranes, when exposed to UV irradiation, could improve processes such as …

Biofuel

South-west to follow suit with bio-LNG

Added: 13 Jun 2013

UK bio-fuel supplier, Gasrec, has announced it will open a renewable energy refuelling station at A…

Wood

Cutting down on carbon emissions

Added: 12 Jun 2013

A recent study led by researchers at Dartmouth College suggested logging releases harmful amounts o…

U.S. basins

EIA increases estimates on UK shale gas reserves

Added: 12 Jun 2013

US agency claims UK has enough shale gas to meet its own domestic gas consumption demands for nearl…

Hydrogen from solar energy and rust

A bright future for hydrogen

Added: 11 Jun 2013

Scientists from the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have produced hydrogen from sun…

BP rig oil2

Sir Ian Wood to carry out review of oil & gas sector

Added: 11 Jun 2013

DECC has announced a review of the oil & gas industry- the first of its kind for two decades.

CCS crop22

£3.25m funding aims to speed up CCS development

Added: 10 Jun 2013

EPSRC-funded research will look into how carbon dioxide can be stored underground.

Food Greencore

Tiny hot bubbles improve food and fuel processing

Added: 10 Jun 2013

Sheffield University researchers believe they have found a more efficient way to dry products for f…

Scientists produce H2 for fuel cells using an inexpensive catalyst under real-world conditions

Fuelling the future with hydrogen

Added: 7 Jun 2013

A hydrogen powered internal combustion engine is designed to reduce CO2 emissions to near zero.

GE Power and Water

GE collaborates for deep-water exploration

Added: 7 Jun 2013

GE Oil & Gas have struck a deal to supply subsea wellheads for hydrocarbon drilling in the Gulf of …

Carbon sponge

Enzyme-catalysed process captures CO2

Added: 5 Jun 2013

Carbon capture expert Akermin demonstrates a technique that has an emissions capture rate close to …

Shale gas

Shale turns up the volume

Added: 4 Jun 2013

A report by prospector IGas has stated that reserves of shale gas could fuel the UK for at least fi…

Biofuel

Producing biofuel at a cost

Added: 4 Jun 2013

Genetic engineers have discovered a method of producing biofuels from lignocellulose materials - us…

LEWA Burckhardt CCS2

Proposal to implement better BECCS

Added: 4 Jun 2013

The Institute of Chemical Engineers has discussed the contribution of bioenergy in future energy pr…

Dalkia wood

'Ultraselective' process creates p-xylene from biomass

Added: 29 May 2013

Chemical engineers have discovered a new process for making p-xylene from biomass.