26 Jul, 2024 How Green is Your Energy Supplier? By Stephen Robinson Firstly, as an Octopus Energy customer, I've closely watched the company's rapid rise over the years. Their commitment to renewables is...
26 Jul, 2024 UK Home Energy Storage on the Rise By David Beeston Promising data coming out on the UK domestic installations of cleaner energy technologies so far in 2024 - whether it be Solar PV panels,...
26 Jul, 2024 Climate activists - how far can you go and what is the smart thing to do? By Wolfgang Kick Now, we are all passionate about climate change - well most of us. And I agree that - even though it might not be convenient - saving...
26 Jul, 2024 What does GB Energy mean for climate tech? By David Hunt Having a Government that isn't ideologically opposed to renewables is quite refreshing after 14 years. That's an understatement, it's...
24 Jul, 2024 Corporates backing Energy Storage in 2024 By David Beeston A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the increasing presence of Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) investments in early stage startup...
24 Jul, 2024 Kamala Harris for president - and what it could mean for renewables in the US? By Wolfgang Kick It`s very early days but it looks like Kamala Harris will be the Democrats´ candidate for the upcoming election in the US. And one of...
18 Jul, 2024 Do employees still want stock options? By David Hunt From this in-depth survey from Sifted, it certainly seems so. This reflects with our own experiences at Hyperion Executive Search. 95% of...
16 Jul, 2024 Growth is great, but don't forget about Retention By David Beeston As an executive search firm, naturally our focus is on recruitment of great new talent, but that doesn't mean the process ends when the...
15 Jul, 2024 What it takes to build the perfect finance team By David Hunt This is an excellent short article on the challenges of building the finance team you need, not least as it features a client. Seriously...
15 Jul, 2024 Labour’s ‘rooftop revolution’ to deliver solar power to millions of UK homes By Ross Hoare Labour have really come out of the blocks with their support of the UK renewables sector. After only 10 days in office, Ed Miliband is...
12 Jul, 2024 Is the Climate tech Funding Gap Real? A Headhunter's Perspective By Stephen Robinson In my experience as a cleantech headhunter since 2016, attracting investment and securing funding is the biggest hurdle for start-ups...
08 Jul, 2024 More cars but less traffic on German roads - what do we make of it? By Wolfgang Kick At first glance, this is good news - Germans travel less with cars than they did before the Corona pandemic. Although the number of cars...
04 Jul, 2024 Belgian wildlife park hosts world’s largest wooden solar carport By Ross Hoare This project in Belgium is particularly impressive for two reasons. First the shear size of it, a 40MW carport project is an incredible...
02 Jul, 2024 2024 the year of the eHGV? By Stephen Robinson Last Autumn at ICNC23 in Berlin, I was stood with an investment associate from one of Europe's big Infrastructure funds as we both...
02 Jul, 2024 Mieterstrom - sounds very "German" but has huge potential! By Wolfgang Kick June was a busy month for us with events like Ecosummit and Intersolar. Speaking to a lot of clients, partners and Start Ups there, it...
02 Jul, 2024 Why it pays to invest in NEDs By David Hunt When it comes to start-ups vs Corporates, NEDs can (and probably should) be a very different ‘animal’ and have very different roles and...