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Tensides as needle-shaped crystals: Extracted from epoxies of domestic plants.

Chemical-enzymatic process makes use of vegetable oil

Added: 24 Oct 2012

The Fraunhofer Center for Chemical-Biotechnological Processes in Leuna has set up pilot plant to pr…

CO2 storage

Modelling secure CO2 storage

Added: 24 Oct 2012

Numerical Rocks AS, a small Norwegian company, has been studying how carbon dioxide moves and becom…

Oil spill

Using paper to clean up oil spills

Added: 23 Oct 2012

A project in Slovenia is hoping to transform papermill sludge into an absorbent capable of cleaning…

ACWA Thames Water WTW

Odour control project at Thames Water

Added: 22 Oct 2012

London – Thames Water has installed odour scrubbing and activated carbon deodoriser technology from…

DRD Huntsman2

Huntsman UK trials new waste-heat power system (Comment added)

Added: 22 Oct 2012

Redcar, UK – DRD Power has installed its first heat recovery system, which uses Organic Rankine Cyc…

Tata Steel Rotherham ABB2

Saint-Gobain PAM highlights sustainabilty gains

Added: 19 Oct 2012

London – Iron products manufacturer leader Saint-Gobain PAM UK, part of Saint-Gobain, has released …

CCS

Carbon capture reaches a critical point

Added: 17 Oct 2012

London – The UK risks losing out on more than €900 million of EU funding intended to support the co…

Chemical industry realities not part of EU's flowery vision

Added: 17 Oct 2012

London – The world will, sooner rather than later, live in ecologically-sound harmony with higher p…

Chemicals processing

Chemical industry: From suspect to sustainable

Added: 17 Oct 2012

Janez Poto?nik, European commissioner for environment chemical industry speech to the annual meetin…

Wood

Advanced CFB technology for large-scale biomass power plants

Added: 15 Oct 2012

Circulating fluidised bed (CFB) technology can be used for large scale power generation with a broa…

£2.5m to promote water industry innovation

Added: 15 Oct 2012

Grants totalling over £2.5m have been awarded to seven research projects that aim to develop proces…

Don Valley CCS EC

Carbon capture to bring £1.3bn, 4000 jobs to region

Added: 15 Oct 2012

London - Investing in carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Yorkshire and Humber will provide a major…

ETI launches £20m carbon capture project

Added: 14 Oct 2012

London – The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) is to invest up to £20 million to develop new carb…

MOF

MOF technique could improve gas storage

Added: 12 Oct 2012

Reserarchers are planning to exploit opportunities in global carbon capture, hazardous gas storage …

AFC fuel cells

Chelsea owner Abramovich buys stake in fuel cell company

Added: 11 Oct 2012

London - Roman Abramovich is taking a stake in industrial fuel cell power company AFC Energy, with …

Biomass

Complex energy scene should not 'fuel' inertia

Added: 10 Oct 2012

London – The UK process industries are facing unprecedented rises in their energy bills over the ne…

Hydro bubble WWT wastewater2

Bubbling up energy savings

Added: 9 Oct 2012

Paul Barter, principal process engineer for Hydro International’s wastewater division looks at ener…

CCS

Fluor for Shell's world-first oil sands CCS project

Added: 9 Oct 2012

Irving, Texas / Calgary, Alberta — Shell has selected Fluor Corp. as the EPC contractor for its car…

Drax Power Plant 2

Government consults industry over energy costs

Added: 9 Oct 2012

London – The Government has launched a consultation over its proposed £250 million Energy Intensive…

Drax Power Plant

Low-carbon shake-up for UK energy mix

Added: 3 Oct 2012

London - Incentives to promote low-carbon power generation are having a significant impact on the U…