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UK government given action plan for CCS
Added: 17 May 2013
Plan could enable CCS to compete with other low carbon forms of energy generation by 2020.
Cotton effective in cleaning up oil spills
Added: 16 May 2013
Scientists report that each pound of raw cotton may be able to sop up more than 30 pounds of crude …
Energy release in magnetic materials
Added: 15 May 2013
A study by New York University physicists has advanced the understanding of self-sustained chemical…
Planning the journey
Added: 14 May 2013
Patrick Raleigh reports on efforts at Southern Water to move the utility to a more planned maintena…
Safe management of nuclear waste
Added: 14 May 2013
The Government is consulting on the UK’s Managing Radioactive Waste Safely (MRWS) programme.
Technique to reduce the cost of biofuels
Added: 10 May 2013
A technique for pre-treating cellulosic biomass could cut the cost of biofuel processing.
UK liquid air energy storage plant receives funding
Added: 10 May 2013
Source: Stephen Harris, The Engineer
Construction of Britain’s first commercial-scale liquid air ene…
Molten oxide could cut steelmaking emissions
Added: 9 May 2013
Emissions from steelmaking could be dramatically reduced by a new process developed at MIT.
Method simplifies fluid flow design
Added: 9 May 2013
UCLA engineers have developed a way to shape fluid flow through pipes without the need to solve com…
Quench valves for deep sea project
Added: 9 May 2013
Weld overlay cladding and fabrication specialist Arc Energy Resources has recently completed the co…
Solar tracking systems reduce CO2 emissions
Added: 8 May 2013
SKF Solar Linear Actuators and SKF Solar Hub can be used with photovoltaics, concentrated photovolt…
Process speeds up conversion of natural gas
Added: 8 May 2013
Chemical engineers have identified a new mechanism to convert natural gas into energy up to 70 time…
Consequences of ramping up biofuels
Added: 7 May 2013
MIT study looks at the unintended consequence of using biofuels as a source of energy.
Thermoelectric efficiency doubled
Added: 7 May 2013
Researchers have doubled the efficiency of a material that can turn waste heat into electricity.
Project to reduce heating and cooling emissions
Added: 3 May 2013
i-STUTE aims to improve the efficiency of systems such as industrial heat pumps
Cut price control providers
Added: 1 May 2013
London - Water meter manufacturer, Elster Metering, is accruing noticeable energy savings after inc…
Diaphragm valve enhances operational safety
Added: 29 Apr 2013
A new generation of diaphragm valves is added to Alfa Laval’s valve portfolio for hygienic applicat…
Medium pressure instrumentation from Bifold
Added: 29 Apr 2013
Bifold has broadened its valve line with a range of medium pressure ball and needle valves, deliver…
Cost saving specifications from Dixon
Added: 25 Apr 2013
Dixon’s entire range of ball and butterfly valves can be actuated to customer specification with a …
Peristaltic pumps for spillage containment
Added: 24 Apr 2013
Teesside-based Tomlinson Hall Ltd, UK distributors for CRANE ChemPharma and Energy’s ELRO brand of …
