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Thorp

Sellafield reprocessing site to close in six years

Added: 8 Jun 2012

It has been confirmed that THORP operations in Cumbria are likely to cease in 2018

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Thermal storage using zeolite pellets

Added: 8 Jun 2012

Technology is being developed to store and reuse heat generated from biogas plants

Titanium dioxide nanocrystal

Reducing energy barriers to chemical reactions

Added: 8 Jun 2012

A new twist on an old chemical process has been shown to boost energy efficiency

Wallenius water

Ship technology could enhance process-water safety

Added: 7 Jun 2012

A technology used for treating ballast seawater on ships is now being offered as an alternative to …

Milk production factory

Biosensor detects one-billionth of a gram in minutes

Added: 1 Jun 2012

A new class of biosensor can detect exceptionally small traces of contaminants in liquids in 40 mi…

Agri Energy opens Liverpool biodiesel plant

Added: 31 May 2012

Liverpool, UK – Agri Energy has opened a multi-million plant to produce biodiesel from waste cookin…

Magnus Rønning

Metal-free catalysts aid sustainable processes

Added: 29 May 2012

A €4m EU-funded project aims to develop carbon materials that will replace precious metals in catal…

AD 'the missing link' for bioenergy

Added: 28 May 2012

Opinion piece by Rosaline Hulse of the Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association (ADBA):

The UK has…

Agerm Mat

Agraferm completes commissioning phase for £5m AD plant

Added: 24 May 2012

Bury St Edmunds, UK - Material Change and its Symonds Farm JV AD partner have completed the commiss…

Monsal AD tech

Viridor to establish its first food-waste AD plant

Added: 23 May 2012

London – Viridor is developing a £10-million anaerobic digestion (AD) project, which will employ te…

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Dutch bioprocess pilot facility opens for research

Added: 18 May 2012

CSM, Royal DSM and Delft University are participating in a joint venture for bioprocess research

Dr Emily Ho

Process engineers are vital to the future of biofuels

Added: 18 May 2012

Dr Emily Ho, technical development lead on the PDX biofuel reactor, sets out the environmental chal…

Tullis Russell plant

KIRK progresses Tullis Russell biomass plant

Added: 17 May 2012

Glenrothes, UK – KIRK Environmental has announced that construction is well underway on its part of…

Norway advances carbon capture plans

Added: 8 May 2012

Oslo - Aker Solutions has opened a carbon capture plant at the CO2 Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM)…

SSI

SSI injects £30m into steelworks

Added: 4 May 2012

Sahaviriya Steel Industries (SSI) has commissioned a £30m pulverised coal injection (PCI) plant at …

GM crops

Keeping track of GM crops

Added: 3 May 2012

New bioluminescent technology can track and monitor GM crops in the food processing chain.

Dounreay Diver

Dounreay clean-up moves offshore

Added: 3 May 2012

Work to clean up radioactive contamination that leaked from Dounreay more than two decades ago is s…

Project targets energy lost during aluminium recycling

Added: 25 Apr 2012

London - HRS Heat Exchangers is to participate in ALUSALT – a consortium seeking to develop an adva…

naerobic digester

Anaerobic digestion system set to be commercially available

Added: 23 Apr 2012

US researchers have unveiled what they claim is the first commercially available, high-solid anaero…

Biofuel

EU launches biofuels research initiative

Added: 23 Apr 2012

Brussels – The European Commission has launched the the Biofuels Research Infrastructure for Sharin…