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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.

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.

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

To find out more about the partnership, Solar Power Portal spoke with James Galloway, European technical director of Segen, Marina Shi, head of AIKO UK, Ireland and Nordics, and Dr Christian Peter, managing director of Solarlab AIKO Europe.

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).

The newly published Grid Connections Action Plan outlines an overhaul that could release 100GW of capacity from the connections queue and cut average connection times from five years to six months.

An expert roundtable has urged greater consideration be paid to the impact of exceptional weather conditions on solar production in the UK.

An application to extend the 3.9MWp Abbots Wood Solar Farm to gain an approximate output of 11MWp, has been approved.

Salford City Council has confirmed its Turnpike and Swinton Depots are undergoing a change ahead of the installation of solar carports.