Unlocking net zero solutions by coupling energy networks
To achieve a net zero future, planners and operators should consider leveraging the opportunities that lie at the intersection of energy networks, Carlo Brancucci,...
Measuring energy performance in new homes – is the argument settled?
A long-running debate between different groups of green house-building experts seems to be reaching a creative conclusion, Stuart Fairlie, Technical and Operations Director at...
Growing old ungracefully? Nigel Cornwall introduces his series on the 30-year-old GB electricity market
THE GB Electricity Market celebrated its 30th birthday earlier this month and ICON marked the occasion with a feature that shared a brief timeline...
Grid Lock – why it needs unblocking: RenewableUK Cymru writes to ICON
If we want to tackle the myriad runaway consequences of climate change we can no longer accommodate the fundamental mismatch in design of the...
World Habitat Day 2020
Today marks the World Habitat Day, created by the United Nations.
First celebrated in 1986, each annual observance has seen a new theme focused on...
Build, build, build is not enough to facilitate a net-zero-driven COVID-19 economic recovery’, says...
Michael Phelan, Chief Executive and Co-founder at GridBeyond, shares his views on the Uk's Green Economic Recovery Plans & National Grid Forecasts.
The Government recently...
A Merry Different Christmas
To celebrate Christmas, ICON's reporter/researcher Ida Vaisanen steps away from news momentarily to share her festive thoughts with our readers.
Whether or not you celebrate...
Wasted energies – why we’re getting renewables wrong and how to fix it: Electron...
By connecting dynamic information on network congestion, excess renewables and the availability and value of flexibility at a hyper-local level, we can create a...
Why connectivity is key: Ground Control writes to ICON about unlocking the value of...
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) has been transforming global industries and driving digitalisation for some years now – the oil and gas sector...
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire: How local fires are becoming a global hazard (Clean...
To mark the Clean Air Day 2023, Sustainability Consultant Natalie McClay tells ICON readers about the damage beyond the flames wildfires leave in their...