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Subitec secures funding for photobioreactors
Added: 16 Jul 2012
Subitec has secured €4.5m to launch its technology on the global market
Extinguishing fire using sound
Added: 16 Jul 2012
DARPA has demonstrated techniques to extinguish small flames using electric and acoustic suppression
Showa Denko starts biopolymer production
Added: 12 Jul 2012
Tokyo – Showa Denko KK (SDK) has started commercial-scale production of biodegradable polyester res…
Ministers 'not trusted' to reveal power plant risks
Added: 10 Jul 2012
London – Independent regulators should take a more prominent role in communicating the risks associ…
Capturing the electrical charge between plastics
Added: 10 Jul 2012
Triboelectric generator produces electricity by harnessing friction between surfaces
Fukushima disaster "made in Japan"
Added: 9 Jul 2012
Tokyo – The disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was “man-made” and not the unfore…
Modular biomass avoids trouble in the fields
Added: 9 Jul 2012
London – The startup of a new biomass plant in Bagnolo di Po, Rovigo in Italy, scheduled soon, coul…
Energy: UK "leading by example", says IEA
Added: 9 Jul 2012
London – The International Energy Agency (IEA) has applauded the UK’s long-term vision for a low-ca…
Turn up the heat on energy from waste
Added: 4 Jul 2012
London – Energy-from-waste (EfW) facilities must use their heat potential to maximise efficiency an…
AD outshines solar and could grow 800%
Added: 27 Jun 2012
London – The UK’s anaerobic digestion (AD) industry is punching well above its weight in terms of e…
Major Dounreay hazard destroyed
Added: 19 Jun 2012
One of the most dangerous legacies of Britain’s early atomic research has been destroyed
Chopper pump saves district heating scheme Euro60k a year
Added: 18 Jun 2012
Callan, Ireland – A community-owned district heating scheme in Ireland save around 60,000 Euros a …
BOC boards 2Co Energy's carbon capture project
Added: 18 Jun 2012
London – Gases and engineering company BOC is to take a 15% stake in 2Co Energy Ltd’s development o…
Producing methanol using CO2 and hydrogen
Added: 14 Jun 2012
A research team at the Freiburg Materials Research Center (FMF) has developed a new system for prod…
Solar thermal system to heat oil at food factory
Added: 14 Jun 2012
Novel solar thermal technology is being used to heat oil for making potato crisps
Metso to automate UK waste-to-energy plants
Added: 13 Jun 2012
Helsinki – CNIM Group has selected Metso’s DNA automation systems for the North Hykeham greenfield …
Honeycomb-like material has potential role in carbon capture
Added: 13 Jun 2012
A novel porous material that has unique carbon dioxide retention properties has been developed thro…
UK power plans too costly, says energy-users group leader
Added: 11 Jun 2012
London – The UK is unlikely to attract the investment needed to replace much if its power generatio…
Chemical engineers discover new way to split water
Added: 11 Jun 2012
Nontoxic, noncorrosive method provides possible new route to hydrogen-gas production
