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Process groups fear energy price freeze
Added: 1 Oct 2013
The Labour Party’s plans to freeze energy bills for 20 months have raised fears over energy securit…
CCS “most efficient” power technology
Added: 1 Oct 2013
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is one of the most efficient technologies for cutting emissions wh…
£400m for science and engineering studies
Added: 30 Sep 2013
Today the government announced a £400 million investment to boost science and engineering study in …
Ensus biofuel plant restarts production
Added: 30 Sep 2013
One of Europe’s largest bioethanol plants has restarted production after a hiatus of nearly six mon…
China still top automation destination
Added: 26 Sep 2013
The door into the Chinese process automation market is still open for businesses assuming they make…
Fieldbus and HART bodies plot merger
Added: 26 Sep 2013
The Fieldbus Foundation and the HART Communication Foundation announced yesterday that they have be…
First plastic bag recycling plant launched
Added: 25 Sep 2013
The first UK-based recycling facility for reprocessing plastic bags and packaging films is set to o…
Cuadrilla ends Balcombe drilling
Added: 24 Sep 2013
Shale oil and gas developer Cuadrilla yesterday announced that it had completed exploratory drillin…
Automation boost for packaging recycling
Added: 24 Sep 2013
The recycling of plastic food packaging could be significantly increased in coming years following …
Manufacturing orders hit new high
Added: 19 Sep 2013
UK manufacturing order levels are now at their highest level since the financial crisis, according …
Biofuels firm hiring for industrial upscale
Added: 19 Sep 2013
French biofuels company Global Bioenergies today announced its latest management hire as it begins …
Move to boost lab and manufacturing links
Added: 19 Sep 2013
The Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has announced a fellowship scheme to s…
Global shale oil dwarfs US reserves
Added: 17 Sep 2013
Countries including Argentina, Algeria and Russia have shale oil reserves that if exploited could e…
Shale boom stalls process projects
Added: 17 Sep 2013
The booming US shale development and subsequent low gas prices are stalling the global development …
£20m for carbon capture projects
Added: 17 Sep 2013
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) yesterday announced a £20 million funding scheme to help ad…
Safety drives rapid growth for Spex
Added: 16 Sep 2013
Aberdeen-based engineering firm Spex Group has been named one of the fastest growing technology fir…
Wonderware backed in merger clash
Added: 13 Sep 2013
A top Invensys executive has sung the praises of the firm’s Wonderware software ahead of its potent…
Invensys launches new Foxboro DCS
Added: 11 Sep 2013
Invensys yesterday launched the latest version of its Foxboro distributed control system (DCS), cal…
£2m investment for engineering talent
Added: 10 Sep 2013
The Institution of Engineering and Technology today announced a £2 million scholarship investment f…
Davey plays down shale carbon effect
Added: 9 Sep 2013
Secretary of state Edward Davey today announced that the exploration of onshore shale gas could be …
