'Game-changer': World Bank unveils multi-billion dollar battery storage investment drive

Michael Holder
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Climate finance boost for developing nations also sees BlackRock partner with France, Germany, and philanthropic foundations to scale up renewables

The World Bank has committed $1bn to a new global programme to accelerate investments in battery storage in a bid to help ramp up renewables capacity in developing and middle-income countries, it announced...

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