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Saturday 2 December saw 118 countries sign the ‘Global Renewables and Energy Efficiency Pledge’ to treble renewable capacity to 11TW by 2030 at COP28 in Dubai.

Glasgow Airport has reached financial close for a 19.9MW solar plant in partnership with consultancy firm, Ikigai Group.

Two Local Net Zero Accelerator projects have received the bulk of £19 million funding from the UK government.

Solar Energy UK has criticised the newly-released Battery Strategy for paying “insufficient attention” to opportunities presented by battery energy storage systems (BESS).

Sustainability-led investment manager Foresight Group has seen is assets under management (AUM) increase slightly to £12.2 billion for the six months ended 30 September 2023.

Oil and gas giant bp has agreed to acquire the remaining 50.03% stake in utility-scale solar and battery developer, Lightsource bp.

Co-op has signed a 15-year Corporate Power Purchase Agreement (CPPA) with Voltalia for the entire output of the 34MW Eastgate solar farm.

Energy company Centrica Business Solutions is set to agree a solar-based power purchase agreement (PPA) with Smart Architectural Aluminium.

The MCS achieved a major milestone in October 2023, with the organisation having certified its 4,000th contractor.

The new ClearViewConnect report, published by National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED), will grant developers an anonymised view of generation connection pipelines for specific Grid Supply Points (GSPs).