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...
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...
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...
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...
The threat from methane emissions must spur investment in renewable natural gas, Sustainable Development...
In this thought piece Anjali Berdia, Sustainability Analyst at Sustainable Development Capital LLP, tells ICON readers why threat from methane should spur investment in...
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...
“The trending technology of sodium-ion batteries and how it can transform the energy storage...
Sodium-ion batteries are gaining attention as a potential game-changer in the energy storage industry, and Ivy Cheng from TROES gives ICON readers an insight...
Rebecca Gaskill on Building Back Better: “PM needs to up his game”
Boris Johnson has been using a diverse range of buzz words potentially lacking in substance to describe his plan for a ‘green recovery’. The...
Founder of Climate Emergency Response Group discusses Scotland’s green recovery
Many of the central policies in the Scottish Programme for Government published earlier this week have been welcomed by a collection of leaders spanning...