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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

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

Thermal storage using zeolite pellets
Added: 8 Jun 2012
Technology is being developed to store and reuse heat generated from biogas plants

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
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 …

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…

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

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 injects £30m into steelworks
Added: 4 May 2012
Sahaviriya Steel Industries (SSI) has commissioned a £30m pulverised coal injection (PCI) plant at …

Keeping track of GM crops
Added: 3 May 2012
New bioluminescent technology can track and monitor GM crops in the food processing chain.

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…