Virtual Energy System: Addressing the need for a digitalised, decentralised and decarbonised energy system...
To achieve our collective goals, we need to maximise the value of the right time data available to us, Carolina Tortora from National Grid...
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...
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,...
“All you need is one person who cares about the world”: Great Big Green...
To celebrate this year's Great Big Green Week, Sustainability Consultant Natalie McClay shares stories from around to world to inspire ICON readers to join...
The first decade: The Pool and its demise by Nigel Cornwall
IN this series of four features, Nigel Cornwall is taking us on a journey over the 30-year history of GB Electricity Market.
Nigel Cornwall is...
Rebecca Gaskill talks Green Homes Grant
It is evident that the Chancellor Rishi Sunak is taking the Prime Minister’s promise to Build Back Better seriously, by announcing a pledge to...
Will Time of Use call Time on Triads?
Triads are a bizarre method of calculating how much to charge a customer.
In essence, the word “triad”, when uttered in an electrical context, refers...
On wondrous trails of greenspace – access to nature in the UK through the...
In this opinion piece, ICON's reporter/researcher Ida Vaisanen takes a look at inclusivity of greenspace from her native cultural perspective.
Since I started working in...
What’s the matter? Why particulates pose such a problem to our health: Clean Air...
To mark this year's Clean Air Day, Senior Environmental Consultant Anthony Armitage tells ICON readers why improving air quality is as vital as our...
Fuelling the battery skills pipeline: EIT InnoEnergy looks at the urgent need for more...
We need to rethink how we train the next generation of battery engineers, Frank Gielen, Education Director at EIT InnoEnergy, writes in his thought...