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Shale gas

Police arrest protesters at Cuadrilla site

Added: 26 Jul 2013

Oil test well protest highlights challenges facing UK shale developers and their suppliers.

Ener-G landfill2

Lords probe waste and the bioeconomy

Added: 26 Jul 2013

The House of Lords’ Science and Technology Committee yesterday launched an inquiry into waste and t…

Shell prelude FLNG3

Oil majors partner IChemE on safety

Added: 25 Jul 2013

Leading oil firms including Shell and ExxonMobil have signed up to become the first industry partne…

DuPont

DuPont may sell performance chemicals arm

Added: 25 Jul 2013

US giant DuPont yesterday announced it was consider the sale or spinning-off of all or part of its …

Phthaloyl Peroxide Crab

Reaction cuts chemical production costs

Added: 25 Jul 2013

Experts at the University of Texas at Austin (UTA) believe they have discovered an organic reaction…

RES North Blyth Biomass Power Station

100MW biomass project approved

Added: 24 Jul 2013

The £250m development of a biomass power plant in the North East of England was approved by governm…

Chemicals processing 1

First rise for manufacturing orders in a year

Added: 24 Jul 2013

New orders in the UK’s manufacturing sector rose in the three months to July for the first time in …

Cathryn Ross

Ofwat appoints new chief executive

Added: 24 Jul 2013

UK water regulator Ofwat today announced the appointment of Cathryn Ross as its next chief executiv…

Argent Energy Biodiesel Plant

Biodiesel firm sold to conglomerate

Added: 24 Jul 2013

Scottish biodiesel producer Argent Energy was yesterday sold to a UK subsidiary of the global group…

Shale fracking

Lords question economics of shale

Added: 23 Jul 2013

The House of Lords has issued a call for evidence on the economic impact of shale gas development i…

Amager

Vattenfall wipes £3bn off power plant values

Added: 23 Jul 2013

Swedish utility Vattenfall today announced it was writing SEK 29.7 billion (£2.98 bn) off the value…

Tomatin whisky distillery

Distillery secures biomass funding

Added: 23 Jul 2013

Installation of a biomass boiler funded at a whisky distillery south of Inverness has become the fi…

George Osborne

UK offers 30% tax rate for shale gas

Added: 19 Jul 2013

Chancellor George Osborne announces “most generous tax regime in the world” for Shale developers.

Apple peel

Tomato and apple peel used for water treatment

Added: 19 Jul 2013

New research suggests cost-effective method of producing potable water.

Jim Marshall - Water UK

Water firms seek urgent shale gas talks

Added: 18 Jul 2013

Water companies in the UK yesterday called for urgent talks with shale gas developers to head off p…

David Willetts

Autonomous systems and energy storage research secure £132m

Added: 17 Jul 2013

Funding of up to £132 million was today announced by MP David Willetts for three key areas of resea…

Drax Power Plant 2

Improving heat transfer in industrial plants

Added: 16 Jul 2013

MIT researchers have undertaken the first systematic study of the factors that control boiling heat…

Biochar

Biomass charcoal promises soil cleaning solution

Added: 16 Jul 2013

Former industrial land polluted with chemicals and heavy metals could be cleaned up for reuse by ch…

Shale gas

Cuadrilla expands UK shale gas exploration

Added: 10 Jul 2013

Cuadrilla is set to increase its exploration programme for shale gas in northeast England.

3D liquid metal formation

Connecting electronics in liquid metal

Added: 10 Jul 2013

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a 3D printing technology to create …