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Call for 'urgent' action on UK steel
Added: 19 Oct 2015
The UK government has laid out its strategy to assist the ailing steel sector following a crisis su…
Linde opens pilot synthesis gas plant
Added: 19 Oct 2015
Linde has invested €5 million (£3.7 million) in a new plant that will produce low-emission synthesi…
Algae-power under the microscope
Added: 16 Oct 2015
A new high-tech facility in Munich will investigate whether the cultivation of algae can provide a …
Winter blackout fears allayed
Added: 15 Oct 2015
National Grid has published its annual Winter Outlook report, which looks at the energy margins ava…
GE opens app store for industry
Added: 12 Oct 2015
GE said it aimed to create the world’s largest app marketplace for industry as it opened up its Pre…
Girls get a taste of food engineering
Added: 12 Oct 2015
Female students have been given a glimpse into food engineering by KP Snacks, as part of an industr…
Ineos acquires North Sea assets
Added: 12 Oct 2015
Oil and gas exploration and production firm Ineos Upstream has acquired all UK North Sea gas fields…
Urgent call for CCS funding
Added: 7 Oct 2015
Targets for lowering carbon emissions from industry will remain out of reach without carbon dioxide…
Quotas to boost women in engineering
Added: 7 Oct 2015
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) president Naomi Climer has called on employers to i…
Gardner Denver sinks £7m into new plant
Added: 7 Oct 2015
Gardner Denver is investing over £7 million in a new centre at its Simmern production site in Germa…
Nuclear plants facing cyber threat
Added: 5 Oct 2015
Vulnerabilities within nuclear plants are putting the industry at risk of cyber attacks, a report p…
Kerry opens food innovation hub
Added: 5 Oct 2015
Kerry Group has opened a €100m (£74m) global technology and innovation centre in Ireland.
Electricity supply a 'waste' of energy
Added: 5 Oct 2015
More than half of the energy used to supply the UK’s electricity is wasted before it ever reaches c…
Girls ‘not smart enough’ for science
Added: 2 Oct 2015
Almost a third (32%) of girls aged 11-16 do not think they are clever enough to become scientists, …
Severn Trent fined for sewage leak
Added: 29 Sep 2015
Severn Trent Water has been fined £480,000 after a series of incidents that caused raw sewage to le…
Shell pulls out of Alaska
Added: 29 Sep 2015
Oil and gas firm Shell has announced it will abandon drilling operations off the coast of Alaska.
Chemical firm solves PET ‘puzzle’
Added: 28 Sep 2015
A process that allows all grades of PET (plastics) to be recycled will soon be commercialised by a …
Drax abandons CCS project
Added: 25 Sep 2015
Energy firm Drax has announced it will end further investment in the 426MW White Rose carbon captur…
Utility counts cost of water bug
Added: 23 Sep 2015
United Utilities revealed today that water quality issues suffered in Lancashire last month would c…
Pharma firms go green
Added: 23 Sep 2015
A new renewable energy plant located in Cramlington, Northumberland will have an annual generating …
