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Hydrogen from biomass for power

Added: 14 Sep 2005

Biomass could also be a source of hydrogen, for the next generation of fuel cell-based power plants.

World’s largest peat-fired station

Added: 14 Sep 2005

The West Offaly Power Station at Shannonbridge, ?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-micro…

Energy policy forges ahead

Added: 14 Sep 2005

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Green light for UK chemicals

Added: 14 Sep 2005

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Gas from Russia

Added: 8 Sep 2005

Gazprom, BASF and E.ON have formed a joint venture to construct a gas pipeline over 1,200 km long t…

Selling off the Gulf

Added: 6 Sep 2005

Woodside Energy has expanded its offshore interests in the Gulf of Mexico by acquiring Houston, TX-…

Uranium removal

Added: 1 Sep 2005

US scientists have developed a simple, safe method of removing uranium from contaminated metallic s…

Switchable solvents

Added: 25 Aug 2005

Researchers in Canada and the USA have discovered a new environmentally friendly way to make chemic…

Dust monitoring

Added: 18 Aug 2005

The Sigrist VisGuard from Siemens Automation and Drives, allows operators to monitor levels of dust…

Attractive biodiesel

Added: 18 Aug 2005

A researcher at the University of Missouri-Columbia is working to make biodiesel manufacturing more…

DTI studies CO2 segregation plan

Added: 18 Aug 2005

The DTI has announced a £40 million package to investigate the feasibility of storing carbon dioxid…

Optimising paper production

Added: 18 Aug 2005

Faced with rising raw material and energy costs, pulp and paper producers are having to optimise th…

King Coal

Added: 18 Aug 2005

UK-developed clean-coal technologies clearly still have an important role to play both here and abr…

Electrical microbes

Added: 17 Aug 2005

Bacteria used to clean up contaminated land and to generate electricity from organic wastes produce…

Burning waste

Added: 15 Aug 2005

Finnish researchers have developed a process for incinerating the water purification resin used in …

Waste plastic makes steel

Added: 12 Aug 2005

An Australian researcher has shown the steel industry that they can use waste plastic bottles to ma…

Paper is best

Added: 11 Aug 2005

Vital details of radioactive waste stored at Windscale have been recorded on permanent paper rather…

Clean up operation

Added: 4 Aug 2005

The UK Environment Agency has served an enforcement notice on Wollaston, Northamptonshire-based che…

Oil spill

Added: 4 Aug 2005

A simple tank-and-siphon system for removing oil from oily water and protecting the environment is …

Buying filters

Added: 2 Aug 2005

Parker Hannifin has made a cash offer to buy the UK-based filtration and separation group Domnick H…