£10m community energy fund could be expanded after Spending Review
The Government has confirmed that further financial support for community energy projects, such as the continuation and expansion of the £10m Rural Community Energy...
Consultation opens on improving the energy performance of privately rented homes
The government has committed to upgrade as many private rented sector homes as possible to Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) Band C by 2030, where...
More farm payments made on time than in February 2019
Over £150 million paid out to customers under Countryside Stewardship and Environmental Stewardship and almost 99% of Basic Payments Scheme payments have been delivered.
The...
Climate change considerations not yet embedded across Government, says committee
On 29th of October the Environment and Climate Change Committee wrote to Alok Sharma, COP26 President, to highlight concerns about cross-Government delivery of the...
ICON on demand: Jeremy Yapp and Futureproofing for Electric Vehicles
Jeremy Yapp, Head of Flexible Energy Systems at BEAMA, sat down with us in a webinar to unmask some of the mystery on Futureproofing...
Anglian Water invests £3.7m to improve resilience
ANGLIAN Water has begun work to install a new pumping station at its existing water treatment works near Louth in a bid to improve...
Open GB Electricity Market celebrates its 30th birthday
THE GB Electricity Market celebrated its 30th birthday earlier this month, so ICON has pulled together some information to mark the occasion.
Following the restructuring...
Maximum and minimum revenues set for the world’s longest subsea electricity interconnector
Energy regulator Ofgem has set maximum and minimum revenues for the Viking Link project, a 1.4GW connection from Lincolnshire to Denmark that is expected...
Anglian Water sets out how it is preparing for the impacts of climate change
ANGLIAN Water has become the first company to set out how it is preparing for the impacts of climate change in Defra’s latest round...
Mixed pollution results for London during lockdown
Levels of the pollutant nitrogen dioxide (NO2) has reduced significantly during lockdown, research from King’s College London has found.
Concentrations of NO2 have lowered as much...
