Mercedes Maroto-Valer, IDRIC Champion and Director, has been awarded best research project of the year at the Disruptors & Innovators (D+I) awards in Madrid. The event, which took place at the Royal Tapestry Factory in Madrid, brought together more than 300 professionals and leaders of this industry, with the sponsorship of SAP, Amazon Web Services, […]
IDRIC December 2021 Update
It is already nearly the end of the year, Christmas is approaching real fast and we hope you are all set to have some relaxing time off. Just before you head off, the IDRIC team is pleased to announce that since our October 2021 update, we have welcomed 6 new team members: Clare Howard (Centre Manager), John Ferrier (Policy Research Officer), Isobel Marr (Knowledge Exchange […]
Driving the transition to Net Zero – can technology do it alone?
IDRIC’s reflections on COP-26 and our post-COP agenda Innovation in low carbon technologies is key for drastically reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from industrial sites and the UK economy more widely – but can technology alone drive the transition to net zero? From the high-level negotiations to the protests on the streets, the 26th UN […]
Net Zero Technologies Centre (NZTC) Global Summit
At the start of November, international research organisations came together to present, compare and discuss regional technology priorities which will accelerate industries towards net zero at the Net Zero Technologies Centre (NZTC) Global Summit. Mercedes Maroto-Valer – IDRIC Director and UKRI Industrial Decarbonisation Champion – launched the Summit by sharing this urgent message: ‘We need to work together, share […]
Mercedes Maroto-Valer, awarded best research project of the year at D+I awards!
Mercedes Maroto-Valer, IDRIC Champion and Director, has been awarded best research project of the year at the Disruptors & Innovators (D+I) awards in Madrid. The event, which took place at the Royal Tapestry Factory in Madrid, brought together more than 300 professionals and leaders of this industry, with the sponsorship of SAP, Amazon Web Services, […]
Mercedes Maroto-Valer receives prestigious ACES-Margarita Salas Award
Mercedes Maroto-Valer has been awarded the ACES-Margarita Salas Awards in its first edition, in the category of Physics, Mathematics and Engineering. During the State visit to Sweden, The King and Queen of Spain presented the 1st ACES-Margarita Salas award in a private ceremony at the Grand Hotel in Stockholm, during a meeting held with the Association […]
UKCCSRC Online Event – Update on UK Track 1 Cluster CO2 transport and storage plans
Wednesday 1st December 2021, 2-4pm GMT Laura Finlay, IDRIC Business and Impact Manager, will be attending an online event hosted by UKCCSRC on ‘UK Track 1 Cluster CO2 transport and storage plans’. This one will be followed by Q&A and discussion with Dr Bryony Livesey (UKRI), Ben Kek (Net Zero Teesside) and Martin Currie (HyNet […]
Mercedes Maroto-Valer has been awarded the ACES-Margarita Salas Prize
Huge Congratulations to Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer, UKRI Industrial Decarbonisation Champion and IDRIC Director, who has been recognised as the first winner of the ACES-Margarita Salas Award. This award, instituted in 2021 by the Association of Spanish Scientists in Sweden (ACES), aims to recognise the scientific work carried out by researchers of Spanish nationality with renowned […]
COP26 VIP Reception hosted by DIT and Formula E
11th November 2021 Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer, Champion and Director, UK Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC), Heriot-Watt University will be attending COP26 VIP Reception hosted by DIT and Formula E. The Climate Action Innovation Zone on Cessnock Quay in Glasgow; Thursday 11th November – Start: 7PM
COP26 Green Zone
9th -11th November 2021 Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer, Champion and Director, UK Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC), Heriot-Watt University will be attending various talks at COP26 Green Zone. A few worth mentioning are: UKRI COP26 Transport; Date: 10 November 2021 Plant Powered to Become Climate Positive; Date: 10 November 2021 – Start: 10:00 End: […]
Transition Talks Podcast
Show hosts Stephen Sheal and Luca Corradi, joined by Mercedes Maroto- Valer Champion of The UK Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre. The trio explore industrial decarbonisation and the key technologies solutions to decarbonise industry from a UK and global perspective. Listen Here