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New IChemE president to redraw strategy
Added: 31 May 2016
The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) will undergo a thorough review of governance and str…

Wyke Farms scores Carbon Trust trifecta
Added: 16 May 2016
Wyke Farms has been granted triple certification to the Carbon Trust Standard for improving environ…

UK Continental Shelf offers ‘vast’ CO2 storage capacity
Added: 12 May 2016
There are no major technical hurdles to storing industrial scale CO2 offshore in the UK, according …

Yorkshire Water ordered to pay record £1.1m fine
Added: 4 May 2016
Yorkshire Water was fined £1.1million last week for a pump failure in 2013 that caused pollution to…

Paddle blade mixers offer safe solution
Added: 3 May 2016
Two 7500 litre JR Boone horizontal large-scale paddle mixers have been installed in FCC Environment…

New treatment for Argent Energy plant
Added: 3 May 2016
A Cheshire-based energy plant built to process waste fats, oils and greases (FOG) for biodiesel, is…

Veolia ramps up wastewater solutions
Added: 3 May 2016
Veolia Water Technologies has extended its range of heat pump vacuum evaporators, targeting smaller…

Case study: tighter water management boosts Kraft Heinz
Added: 3 May 2016
Advanced water technologies boost sustainability and cut costs at Italian Kraft Heinz food plant.

Waste management: smart solutions in the spotlight
Louisa Hearn | Added: 3 May 2016
Technologies for testing and treating water and solids are coming of age in the quest to squeeze sa…

Analysis: counting the cost of Carbon Capture & Storage cuts
Louisa Hearn | Added: 28 Apr 2016
Is the lack of joined-up thinking over Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) investment a threat to the UK…

Scientists recruit cyanobacteria to create ‘clean’ chemicals
Added: 25 Apr 2016
German scientists are researching the use of cyanobacteria to provide a more sustainable method for…

Collaborative group proposes natural carbon use
Added: 19 Apr 2016
Academics and industry representatives have joined forces to develop a new model for decarbonisatio…

Water industry: turning the tide
Louisa Hearn | Added: 13 Apr 2016
The water industry may need to consider a very new approach to innovation if it is to triumph over …

Scientists target PET plastic puzzle
Added: 17 Mar 2016
Researchers around the world are inching closer to halting the environmental damage caused by the p…
Case study: slurry power
Added: 23 Feb 2016
A biogas plant is generating electricity from low-temperature waste heat.

BP predicts oil & gas energy ‘dominance’
Added: 11 Feb 2016
The 2016 Energy Outlook report published by BP suggests oil and gas will remain the dominant form o…

UK may struggle to meet CO2 targets after ‘disappointing’ U-turn
Louisa Hearn | Added: 10 Feb 2016
The government’s sudden decision to pull funding for carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects coul…

UK shale “within 10 years”
Rob Smith | Added: 2 Feb 2016
A letter leaked to Friends of the Earth (FoE) reveals government plans to implement industrial-scal…

UK ‘facing an electricity crisis’
Added: 26 Jan 2016
A report published by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) suggests the UK is threatene…

Calibration: Field factors
Added: 22 Jan 2016
The case for calibrating equipment in either a workshop or the field is not always black and white,…