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IChemE rallies climate change cry
Added: 4 Dec 2015
The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) Energy Centre Board has called on governments and po…
Billionaires' club to fund clean energy
Added: 3 Dec 2015
Tech billionaires Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg have joined a cast of high-profile executives in a…
Energy crisis
Added: 2 Dec 2015
Still warm with the glow of leading one of the first countries to officially turn its back on coal-…
Soft assets: energy management
Added: 1 Dec 2015
Squeezing more efficiency from plant equipment is the next frontier for CMMS.
CBI calls for global climate plan
Added: 30 Nov 2015
British businesses have joined the call for world leaders to forge a global action plan at the UN C…
Sewage gas to power waste plant
Added: 30 Nov 2015
Siemens technology is being used to convert the Ebswien wastewater treatment works in Vienna into a…
Government scraps CCS funding
Added: 27 Nov 2015
The UK government rocked the industrial sector this week with the news that it had scrapped its £1 …
Sales slide hits chemical sector
Added: 25 Nov 2015
The Chemical Industries Association (CIA) warned last week that the UK must ”urgently address” its …
Cuadrilla forced to plug shale well
Added: 24 Nov 2015
Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) firm Cuadrilla has stopped exploration at its Becconsall shale gas …
UK coal-fired plants to close
Added: 18 Nov 2015
The UK’s coal-fired power stations will be shut down within the next ten years, energy secretary Am…
UK relegated in energy index
Added: 11 Nov 2015
A fall in the UK’s energy equity has resulted in the loss of its ‘AAA’ energy score, the annual Ene…
Non-toxic fracking fluid scoops award
Added: 10 Nov 2015
An energy-saving, non-toxic hydraulic fracturing (fracking) fluid was declared the overall winner a…
Utility combats odour issues
Added: 9 Nov 2015
Yorkshire Water has developed a £30 million action plan to tackle odours from its Saltend wastewate…
UK water research gets £3.9m boost
Added: 20 Oct 2015
A new £3.9million research project has been established to help meet the UK’s future needs for a cl…
Algae-power under the microscope
Added: 16 Oct 2015
A new high-tech facility in Munich will investigate whether the cultivation of algae can provide a …
Urgent call for CCS funding
Added: 7 Oct 2015
Targets for lowering carbon emissions from industry will remain out of reach without carbon dioxide…
Teesside bids to secure industrial future
Added: 6 Oct 2015
Process companies hand government detailed plans for industrial carbon capture and storage network …
Electricity supply a 'waste' of energy
Added: 5 Oct 2015
More than half of the energy used to supply the UK’s electricity is wasted before it ever reaches c…
Severn Trent fined for sewage leak
Added: 29 Sep 2015
Severn Trent Water has been fined £480,000 after a series of incidents that caused raw sewage to le…
