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Greenpeace Warsaw coal protest

Coal industry calls for technology backing

Added: 18 Nov 2013

Leading figures in the global coal industry gathered in Warsaw today to call for governments to bac…

Energy efficient technologies aren't always implemented

Cost concerns limit energy efficiency investment

Added: 12 Nov 2013

Financial concerns trump environmental ones when it comes to considering investment in energy effic…

Centrifugal air compressor

Ingersoll Rand launches efficient centrifugal compressor

Added: 7 Nov 2013

The Centac C800 centrifugal air compressor is designed for assembly, automotive food and beverage, …

EDF apprentice trainee skills2

Review calls for young engineers

Added: 4 Nov 2013

The Perkins Review will highlight the need to attract more young people to careers within the engin…

Shale gas

Lords to hear shale extraction evidence

Added: 1 Nov 2013

The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee will hear evidence next week from companies wanting t…

CCS plant

Surge in combined heat & power use

Added: 31 Oct 2013

Combined heat and power (CHP) energy generation has seen an increase in its share of the UK supply,…

Water

UK & US to work on water projects

Added: 30 Oct 2013

Engineers from UK & US universities will collaborate on the ‘clean water for all’ projects to devel…

The Cambridge MBA offers scholarship for process engineers

Added: 14 Oct 2013

Watch this interview with past LyondellBasell Cambridge MBA Scholarship recipient, now part of a le…

Air Products efw 2

Waste gas firm secures £1m investment

Added: 8 Oct 2013

A UK firm developing advanced gasification from waste projects including Air Products’ Tees Valley …

When thermal oil freezes

When thermal oil freezes

Added: 7 Oct 2013

Engineers must rely on ambient temperature to restore solidified oil to its former viscosity, warns…

Cuadrilla shale site

Birds shut down Cuadrilla site

Added: 4 Oct 2013

Shale gas developer Cuadrilla announces it is closing one of three sites on Lancashire coast over c…

David Willetts

£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 …

Biomass

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…

Shale drilling illustration

Fracking safe

Added: 26 Sep 2013

Many consider fracking to be a dangerous process, fearing it releases gasses that pollute the water…

Lab to manufacturing research scheme

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…

CCS plant

£20m for carbon capture projects

Added: 17 Sep 2013

The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) yesterday announced a £20 million funding scheme to help ad…

Bionic handling assistant

Brave new world: Industry 4.0 technology

Added: 17 Sep 2013

Wireless devices are common in all workplaces these days, including process plants. But what would …

Invensys Wonderware screengrab

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 Foxboro Evo DCS

Invensys launches new Foxboro DCS

Added: 11 Sep 2013

Invensys yesterday launched the latest version of its Foxboro distributed control system (DCS), cal…

EDF apprentice trainee skills2

£2m investment for engineering talent

Added: 10 Sep 2013

The Institution of Engineering and Technology today announced a £2 million scholarship investment f…