News
15/May/2013
EXCITING NEW SEMBCORP SCHEME TO CREATE 200 NEW APPRENTICESHIP AND GRADUATE OPPORTUNITIES
An innovative scheme inspired by Sembcorp and aimed at creating 200 new jobs for young people in North East England has been praised by the UK Business Secretary Dr Vince Cable. Dr Cable visited Sembcorp Utilities UK at the Wilton International site to help launch the Sembcorp Skills Development Programme ... more>
03/May/2013
TCE article - Cluster fronts effort to aimagine industrial park of the future
the chemical engineer | issue 863 | may 2013 - The UK's North East Process Industry Cluster (NEPIC) has announced that it is leading an EU-funded project to identify how to improve the integration of future industrial parks and make them more sustainable. More>
30/Apr/2013
Teesside chemical boss (Higgins) says region's industry is key to waste to energy programme
THE North-East is at the forefront of an industrial revolution, sitting as the catalyst that will spur increased multi-million pound waste-to-energy projects, a chemical industry leader has claimed. Dr Stan Higgins, chief executive of the North-East Process Industry Cluster, says the £1.2bn deal struck .... more>
25/Apr/2013
North East businesses at risk of losing their leaders
NEPIC CEO Stan Higgins defends the sectors skills ethos amidst claims North East business are at risk of losing leaders.
19/Apr/2013
DEVELOPMENT OF NEW ENERGY-FROM-WASTE FACILITY ON TEESSIDE TAKES STEP CLOSER
Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority, SITA UK and Sembcorp UK have today announced that plans for the development of a new energy-from-waste facility at the Wilton International site have taken a significant step closer with the appointment of SITA UK and Sembcorp UK as the Preferred Bidder for the Merseyside and Halton Waste Resource and Recovery Contract. More>
19/Apr/2013
New 20m skills centre to be developed
Middlesbrough College have outlined plans for a £20m STEM Centre of Excellence to give apprentices a head start and help meet the needs of employers across the country. The plans will be unveiled at an industrial summit at the college called to discuss ways to combat an engineering skills shortage that’s expected to hit the region and the rest of the UK. More>
18/Apr/2013
Government Policy Raising Cost Of Power Generation
Around the same time Ensus announced it was mothballing its £300m Teesside bio-ethanol plant, also at Wilton, due to the high cost of wheat and gas, its main raw materials. Teesside Power Plant's mothballing follows a failed bid to win Government financial backing for a new carbon, capture and storage (CCS) power station at Wilton. More>
18/Apr/2013
Teesside pilot plant to work on converting gas into crude oil
THE North-East's petrochemical industry is helping to drive forward the next generation of cutting-edge energy production after the opening of a new plant. Technology firm Gas2 has built a pilot plant at the Wilton Centre, near Redcar , to carry out tests throughout the year on converting natural gas into synthetic crude oil. More>
18/Apr/2013
UK business attacks EU carbon move
Finanical Times: UK industrialists have warned they face “catastrophic” problems after the European Parliament voted down a plan to raise the cost of carbon pollution across the EU. Tuesday’s vote means prices in the EU emissions trading system, the world’s largest carbon market, are likely to stay at about €3 a tonne .... more>
16/Apr/2013
Teesside carbon capture project may be re-ignited with European funding backing
A LARGE-SCALE North-East energy project rejected by the Government could be revived. The Teesside carbon capture and storage project (CCS), which would have been based on the Wilton International chemical complex, near Redcar, last month lost out to rival schemes in Aberdeenshire and Selby, in North Yorkshire. More>
