Energy (Sustainability and Environment)

With the launch of the Sustainable Energy Corps (SEC), AIChE is taking a monumental stride towards revolutionizing global sustainability efforts.

The new funding will allow RAPID to rethink unit operations with the aim of reducing U.S. industrial emissions and energy consumption.

Taking steps to reduce the urban heat island (UHI) effect makes sense for both sustainability and quality of life. Learn more about the effect and what steps can be taken.

This issue, an important safety case study for those working with ammonia, a look at long-duration energy storage, trends in industrial decarbonization, and much more.

Check out ways you can do your part to support the planet’s well-being, both today in celebration of Earth Day and throughout the year.

The event will provide a special opportunity to learn from a variety of well-known national and international experts on sustainability science.

This month, a quest for successful work habits, a lively discussion on electric cars' efficiency, and the search for a DWSIM expert. Join these and other discussions, or start your own!

Hear from conference co-chair Piet Huizenga about what you can expect from the very first Process Development Symposium Europe.

While it’s often seen as a nuisance, new research finds rust can be used to generate electricity in combination with saltwater, thanks to an electrokinetic phenomenon.

Hydrogen fuel cell technology continues to advance and show great promise. Sunita Satyapal of the US DOE discusses advances with Nick Barilo of AIChE's Center for Hydrogen Safety.

The latest issue showcases the current thinking related to the reduction of carbon emissions, the utilization of CO2 that can ameliorate its presence and provide useful products, and storage options.

Watch a discussion on the future of energy.

Julianne Holloway shares a preview of WIC's 20th Anniversary Symposium, which celebrates women in chemical engineering through invited female speakers with diverse backgrounds.

Stanford University's Curt Fischer revisits his thoughts from 2008 on chemical engineering's evolution and future.

ExxonMobil's Vijay Swarup shares his thoughts on chemical engineering's evolution and future, with an eye on energy needs.

Cliff Kowall shares insights about how today's responses to industry disruptions can be richly informed by experiences of similar events in the past.

Participate in this discussion on validity of projections.

Chemical engineers have developed an MOF that promises to greatly reduce energy consumption in the propylene-propane separation process.

A new catalyst that is eight times as fast as current technology could change the world of fuel cells.

A team of researchers at the University of York have discovered a set of enzymes in fungi that could help make wood an even more promising source for advanced biofuels.

Read this Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy (EP&SE) article for a limited time for free.

Participate in this discussion on causes of warming and increased greenhouse gas concentrations until November 21, 2017.

I recently caught up with Sipho Ndlela, senior process engineer at Owens Corning, and program chair of the upcoming

Is selling excess electricity back to the grid a backwards solution when sharing energy with neighbors is a possibility?

Imagine a technology that could capture atmospheric carbon dioxide, reduce carbon dioxide emissions, reduce the alkalinity of industrial waste, and generate useful materials — all in one proc

The EU is reducing carbon production, thanks to hydrogen-fueled rail technology and new steelmaking technology.

Two weeks ago, Dr. Art Rosenfeld, the embodiment of energy efficiency, died in his home at the age of 90, not far from the Berkeley lab where he worked for over forty years.

Selling residential rooftop solar is a tough slog.

Most people who live outside California don’t know that a large part of the state was originally a desert, and without water, it will revert back to desert.

Once formidable, OPEC is taking a beating from US shale drillers two years after Saudi Arabia flooded the world with cheap crude trying to knock the upstarts out of the oil business.