COP29: UK backs global pledge to ramp up energy storage to 1,500GW worldwide by 2030

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Collective target to deliver six-fold increase in global energy storage capacity among flurry of energy initiatives officially unveiled in Baku as crunch UN climate talks move into second week

The UK has become one of the first nations to officially back a new collective target launched at COP29 to deliver a six-fold increase in energy storage capacity to reach 1,500GW worldwide by the end of...

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