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Bayer advances energy-saving chlorine production technology

Added: 29 Jul 2011

Leverkusen, Germany – Bayer MaterialScience has started up a 20ktpa demonstration plant for the pro…

RWE power plants near startup

Added: 29 Jul 2011

Essen, Germany – RWE has announced that two new Essent power plants that are currently under constr…

Bechtel, Linde target N American cracker projects

Added: 28 Jul 2011

San Francisco – Bechtel Corp. and Linde AG are to work together to expand and build ethylene cracke…

Think tank: Mandatory reporting should replace costly CRC scheme

Added: 28 Jul 2011

London – The UK government should scrap the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme, and instead oblige busine…

GSK to squeeze supply chain costs

Added: 27 Jul 2011

London – GlaxoSmithKline is targeting improvements in its supply chain in the next stage of its str…

Dow, Saudi Aramco to build major chemicals complex

Added: 25 Jul 2011

Midland, Michigan – Dow Chemical Co. and Saudi Aramco are establishing a joint venture to build and…

Industry concerns mount over UK 'triple whammy'

Added: 22 Jul 2011

A series of government initiatives on taxation and carbon reduction is causing significant concern …

Clearfleau, UTS target UK renewable energy market

Added: 21 Jul 2011

Cambridge, UK – Renewable energy technology companies UK-based Clearfleau and UTS Biogastechnik Gmb…

Climate 'unilateralism' leaves lords leaping about cost to UK

Added: 18 Jul 2011

No other country would inflict such damage on its economy, leading figures warn

Hertel rebuffs union 'lock-out' claims at ExxonMobil refinery

Added: 6 Jul 2011

London – Engineering company Hertel has defended its position in relation to an employment dispute …

Saudi Aramco contract for Foster Wheeler SOFCON

Added: 5 Jul 2011

Reading, UK – Saudi Aramco has awardedFoster Wheeler SOFCON a contract for the front-end engineerin…

Pump users drive demand for MV soft starters

Added: 5 Jul 2011

Austin, Texas – The worldwide market for medium voltage soft starters was worth around $170 million…

GAMBICA calls for greater VSD awareness

Added: 1 Jul 2011

London – GAMBICA is flagging up the importance of variable speed drives and related energy-saving m…

Modern Water wins 'breakthrough' contract

Added: 22 Jun 2011

Guildford, UK – Modern Water plc, a UK group specialising in technologies for the production of fre…

Shell hit with major fine over UK terminal blast

Added: 20 Jun 2011

London – Shell UK Ltd has been ordered by Ipswich Crown Court to pay a total of £1.24 million in fi…

Oxford Catalysts advances shale gas technology

Added: 16 Jun 2011

Oxford, UK – Small scale gas to liquids (GTL) facilities based on the use of microchannel Fischer-T…

Peel mulls waste projects at 11 UK coal sites

Added: 15 Jun 2011

London – Peel Environmental is considering plans for waste infrastructure developments for 11 UK Co…

Siemens advances hydrogen technology for industry, energy  

Added: 14 Jun 2011

Munich, Germany – Siemens claims to have made progress with its development of an electrolysis syst…

Heliex prototype to screw down energy costs

Added: 6 Jun 2011

East Kilbride, UK – Scottish start-up company Heliex Power Ltd has unveiled an energy recovery syst…

Four workers killed in oil refinery explosion in Wales

Added: 3 Jun 2011

Pembroke Dock, UK – Four workers have lost their lives following an explosion at an oil refinery in…