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Happily ever after?
Added: 8 Apr 2014
Today marks the end of support for Microsoft’s Windows XP operating system - but what effect will i…
A biomass mess (again)
Added: 12 Mar 2014
The government looks as though it will now be lucky to fill its arbitrary 400MW cap for new biomass…
Does industrial growth really matter?
Added: 5 Mar 2014
Over the past month or so we have heard a great deal from our political leaders about how passionat…
The year ahead
Added: 15 Jan 2014
Happy New Year. It looks as though 2014 is, like last year, going to be a year where energy dominat…
Energy & the global game
Added: 18 Dec 2013
At this time of Christmas Carols, there is a growing chorus of chemicals company bosses crying out …
Avoiding blackouts…at any cost?
Added: 13 Nov 2013
Yesterday I was speaking to Dr John Roberts, who chaired the Royal Academy of Engineering group tha…
Control rooms play catch-up
Added: 5 Nov 2013
They are present in most households and even my three-year old can operate one, so why are process …
Nuclear engineers - Made in China?
Added: 16 Oct 2013
The headline of my editorial last week attracted plenty of criticism, with some accusing me of deni…
Don't butcher Osborne's cash cow
Added: 14 Aug 2013
Biomass is a risky choice for one of the first direct investments by a pension fund into new-build …
A Biomass mess
Added: 31 Jul 2013
The government needs to stop pussy-footing around and make up its mind on whether it is for or agai…
Let technology rule shale safety debate
Added: 19 Jul 2013
My first week as editor of Process Engineering has been dominated by events surrounding the UK’s pr…
Government in a corner over new nuclear
Added: 6 Mar 2013
With so many billions of pounds, euros and yen at stake - negotiations around the programme to buil…
UK energy plans still subject to negotiation
Added: 1 Nov 2012
This week’s announcements of Hitachi’s £700-million takeover of the Horizon nuclear project from E.…
Fukushima: Could accidents be 'Made in Britain'?
Added: 16 Jul 2012
Given the scale of devastation suffered by Japan as a result of last year’s earthquake and tsunami …
Energy Bill: When the chips are down
Added: 31 May 2012
Well done to the UK’s chip shop owners, who have managed to fight off a tax hike on hot takeaway fo…
Clean coal must stay high on the agenda
Added: 1 Nov 2011
With its capacity to reduce CO2 emissions from coal-fired power stations by up to 90%, carbon captu…
Leaving your comfort zone
Added: 27 Jul 2011
Technology crossover is a recurring theme in the latest issue of Process Engineering: highlighting …
CO2 or Caesium-137?
Added: 24 Mar 2011
Spare a thought for our redoubtable green lobby groups, who have spent the last two decades warning…
Worst case scenarios
Added: 18 Mar 2011
London – The UK government has asked Dr Mike Weightman, the UK’s chief nuclear inspector to report …
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