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Workforce investment essential to Essar’s low carbon future
Following its positive business update at the turn of the year, Essar Oil (UK) has invested heavily in plans to develop the UK’s first low carbon refinery. In addition to...
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Latest Rix Group acquisition bolsters sustainable energy provision
Boosting its green credentials, J.R. Rix & Sons is continuing to invest in sustainability with its latest business acquisition. The well-known Hull group, which supplies low carbon fuels including HVO...
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Stanlow secures government backing
...Essar’s transition to becoming a ‘Low Carbon Energy Provider’ of the future. This will also include the construction of two blue hydrogen production hubs at Stanlow under the HyNet project,...
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Bradford hydrogen production facility awarded government funding
One of the UK’s largest, state-of-the-art hydrogen production facilities, that will deliver low carbon energy in the heart of Bradford, has won government funding to take the project forward. Clean...
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The chemical supply chain: addressing the sector’s skills gap
...the sector. With several of its staff having been certified Carbon Literate, the CBA offers Carbon Literacy training to its members. The certified training, which provides insight to help individuals...
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World’s largest renewable biomethane refuelling station opens
...road. The site is part of CNG Fuels’ nationwide network of eight renewable biomethane refuelling stations which covers the length and breadth of the country, enabling low carbon deliveries from...
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Essar energy transition places Stanlow at the heart of hydrogen with green ammonia terminal development
...enable significant volumes of green ammonia to be imported, contributing to Essar’s ambition to be a major hub of low carbon energy innovation and global leader in production. A significant...
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A stepping stone or an underwhelming plan to reach net zero? Industry responds to new energy plan
...timeline for the projects detailed in the government policy, including carbon capture and suggesting it does little to encourage businesses to stay in the UK. “Our impression is that this...
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Heating future: prospects for kerosene and HVO
...the supply of heating oil for properties off the gas grid in ‘the 2020s’: • Under ‘Options for decarbonisation’ – to phase out high carbon, fossil fuel heating for new...
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Case study: Tuffa HVO tank offers EGGER a sustainable alternative to red diesel
...OFTEC leading the charge to get HVO approved and incentivised as a low-carbon kerosene alternative, uptake will only increase and companies like EGGER can further reduce their carbon footprint.” The...
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Essar to invest £45m in UK’s first hydrogen refinery furnace
...single, highly efficient furnace and will reduce Stanlow’s carbon emissions due to gas-only firing and new burners that emit lower levels of Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) as well as futureproofing to...
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Carbon capture project emerges from Humber refineries
...Zero. A multi-million pound carbon capture and hydrogen project on the South Humber Bank, Humber Zero will decarbonise eight million tonnes per annum of CO2 emissions, with the potential to...
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Wood to support completion of landmark net zero Teesside project
...nearby carbon capture projects. NZT Power is forecasted to generate up to 742 megawatts of low carbon power, equivalent to the annual average electricity requirements of around 1 million homes...
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Helping with Ireland’s energy transition
...for everyone committed to cutting carbon in Ireland, our members currently deliver heating oil to 686,000 households, mainly in rural and off-grid locations where a great deal of consideration must...
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Virgin Atlantic Flight100 – a flying start for future fuels
...is committed to net zero by 2050. Apart from SAF, what else is Virgin Atlantic investing in to reduce carbon emissions? There are two levers for in-sector carbon reductions in...
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Your NRG supplies renewable fuel for vehicle fleet transition at East Midlands Airport
East Midlands Airport has taken a major step towards further cutting its carbon footprint, thanks to Your NRG’s renewable HVO Fuel. The conversion is fleet-wide and includes airfield operations vehicles,...
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John Lewis Partnership steps away from fossil fuels
...which will reduce our carbon emissions by over half a million tonnes and gets us well on the way to our ultimate target of operating a net zero carbon emission...
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OFTEC calls on new government to be ‘more realistic’
OFTEC is calling for a ‘more joined-up carbon reduction and energy policy’ which still includes renewable technology incentives but also offers ‘more affordable measures such as a boiler scrappage scheme’...