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Improved detection of hazardous chemicals

Added: 21 Nov 2012

Scientists at Imperial College London have developed a system to quickly detect trace amounts of ch…

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Centre to help deal with nuclear waste

Added: 20 Nov 2012

A £1.2m centre to research the decontamination and safe storage of nuclear waste is being establish…

Biofuel

Choosing steels for the biofuels industry

Added: 20 Nov 2012

Stainless steel is a material of choice for many applications in bioethanol, biodiesel and biogas p…

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Concern over EU carbon capture fund

Added: 19 Nov 2012

London - Only one carbon capture & storage (CCS) project is likely receive EU funding under the fir…

CCS

Ohio researchers develop hybrid CO2 capture membrane

Added: 19 Nov 2012

Researchers at Ohio State University have developed a new hybrid membrane that combines the separat…

Tata Newport foundary

Energy minister puts the heat on

Added: 19 Nov 2012

London – Measures to reduce the UK heat-related energy requirements and the emissions generated wer…

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Energy metering in the process industries

Added: 19 Nov 2012

Currently, how well geared up are UK process companies to measure the amount of energy they are usi…

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Energy: Headline prices only part of the story

Added: 19 Nov 2012

Chris Best, joint managing director at energyTEAM, reveals management ‘tricks’ that could save you …

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Cutting through the green tape

Added: 19 Nov 2012

Around 26% of the power Saint-Gobain used in the UK came from renewable sources last year - a figur…

Energy savings: Future trends in pumps

Added: 19 Nov 2012

Pumps are generally considered to consume around 25 % of the electricity which is produced worldwid…

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EU pilots Environmental Technology Verification programme

Added: 19 Nov 2012

Article by CSA-Sira on the launch of the Environmental Technology Verification in the EU:

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MCerts for Europe

Added: 19 Nov 2012

Andrew Chappell of the Environment Agency on the emergence of a Europe-wide certification for emiss…

Lab

Resurrected process can convert sugar directly to diesel (Comment)

Added: 19 Nov 2012

Berkeley, California - A long-abandoned fermentation process, once used to turn starch into explosi…

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Looking good in chemical protective clothes market

Added: 19 Nov 2012

London – The market for chemical protective clothing is set for robust growth over the next few yea…

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Deepwater Horizon: BP reaches $4.5bn settlement with US

Added: 16 Nov 2012

London - BP is to pay fines of $4.5 billion and plead guilty to criminal charges in a deal with the…

Energos efw plant

Green light for Energos EfW plant

Added: 16 Nov 2012

London - The UK environment agency (EA) has awarded an environmental permit to energy-from-waste bu…

UK energy research receives funding boost

Added: 13 Nov 2012

One of the Research Councils’ biggest investments in research to support energy efficiency policy a…

Rittal

Rittal Blue e cooling units save energy

Added: 12 Nov 2012

Rittal’s Blue e cooling units have the same nominal cooling output, physical size and cut-out dimen…

Oil and gas

ABB’s DriveSave provides guaranteed energy savings

Added: 12 Nov 2012

ABB’s DriveSave is a risk and reward scheme for large energy consumers that identifies and guarante…

Regal

Permanent magnet AC motor redefines energy efficiency

Added: 12 Nov 2012

Regal is redefining electric motor efficiency with its Marathon SyMAX permanent magnet AC motors, w…