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Software cuts Dutch energy usage
Added: 30 Oct 2012
Cambridge UK – The Dutch ministry of transport and water works is employing an eSight energy manage…

EC to investigate Pembroke power plant approval
Added: 26 Oct 2012
London – The European Commission has launched an investigation into the UK Government’s approval of…
Processing butyric acid from biomass
Added: 26 Oct 2012
Researchers at Luleå University of Technology (LTU) will test production of butyric acid from bioma…
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…
Modelling secure CO2 storage
Added: 24 Oct 2012
Numerical Rocks AS, a small Norwegian company, has been studying how carbon dioxide moves and becom…

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…

Odour control project at Thames Water
Added: 22 Oct 2012
London – Thames Water has installed odour scrubbing and activated carbon deodoriser technology from…

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…

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 …

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…

Chemical industry: From suspect to sustainable
Added: 17 Oct 2012
Janez Poto?nik, European commissioner for environment chemical industry speech to the annual meetin…

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…

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 technique could improve gas storage
Added: 12 Oct 2012
Reserarchers are planning to exploit opportunities in global carbon capture, hazardous gas storage …

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 …

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…

Bubbling up energy savings
Added: 9 Oct 2012
Paul Barter, principal process engineer for Hydro International’s wastewater division looks at ener…