More than 350 businesses, including a significant number of major multinational firms, have co-signed a letter addressed to global leaders attending COP22 this week in Marrakech, urging them to support the Paris Climate Agreement.

Green energy supplier Good Energy has formally launched Selectricity, the peer-to-peer renewable energy trading platform that trialled under the name Piclo.

Nine buildings in Edinburgh will see their energy costs reduced by almost a quarter after undergoing energy efficiency upgrades as part of a new contract signed between E.ON's energy efficiency specialists Matrix and the City Council.

Total has announced plans to install solar panels on 5,000 of its service stations around the world over the next five years, which it claims will save US$40 million (£32.2 million) per year from its electricity bill.

Bentley Motors is planning to construct the UK’s largest solar carport – a significant 2.938MW in size – on an employee car park adjacent to its manufacturing facility in Crewe.

Business and energy secretary Greg Clark has said that energy and clean technology is central to the government’s future vision of the UK economy.

Confectionary giant Mars has led calls at COP22 this week for business leaders to take ‘bold action’ on renewable power.