Clean energy investment dips for second year

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Bloomberg New Energy Finance figures reveal global investment topped $250bn in 2013, but still fell 12 per cent year-on-year

A combination of the falling cost of solar PV technologies and policy changes in Europe and the US meant global investment in clean energy slipped 12 per cent last year to $254bn, according to new figures...

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