US Department of Energy trumpets clean tech 'energy revolution'

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Wind and solar PV now deliver two-thirds of new electricity generating capacity in the US, as cost of clean tech falls across the board

With the Paris Agreement poised to enter into force within weeks, the race to decarbonise the global economy is now firmly out of the starting blocks. Critical to the success of these decarbonisation...

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