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Largest biogas project selects suppliers
Added: 22 Jan 2014
A Scottish distillery that is building the UK’s largest biogas to grid project has selected the fir…

Plan to pay process plants to use electricity
Added: 7 Jan 2014
Exclusive: National Grid is considering paying major energy users such as process plants to use ele…

Brewers hit emissions target early
Added: 23 Dec 2013
The UK brewing sector has reached its 2020 carbon emissions reduction target eight years early, a n…

£190bn of process projects in national plan
Added: 4 Dec 2013
Over £190 billion of projects featuring process technologies have been identified in the latest ver…

£1.4bn deal for 34MW waste plant
Added: 3 Dec 2013
Hitachi Zosen Inova is to build a 34MW energy from waste (EfW) plant after its client SITA signed a…

Shale impact set to be "minimised"
Added: 27 Nov 2013
Water UK and the UK Onshore Operators Group (UKOOG) will work together to help minimise the impact …

Cory opens first AD plant
Added: 26 Nov 2013
Cory Environmental has opened its first anaerobic digestion (AD) plant capable of generating 500kw …

AD feed-in tariffs "can be withdrawn"
Added: 22 Nov 2013
The government should consider withdrawing feed-in tariffs (FiTs) for anaerobic digestion (AD) plan…

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…

Cost concerns limit energy efficiency investment
Added: 12 Nov 2013
Financial concerns trump environmental ones when it comes to considering investment in energy effic…

Ingersoll Rand launches efficient centrifugal compressor
Added: 7 Nov 2013
The Centac C800 centrifugal air compressor is designed for assembly, automotive food and beverage, …

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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
Added: 7 Oct 2013
Engineers must rely on ambient temperature to restore solidified oil to its former viscosity, warns…

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…

£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 …