Will China's green energy investment surge leave US lagging in the global clean tech race?

Michael Holder
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IEEFA highlights how China's dominance of clean energy sectors is set to be bolstered by billions of dollars of new investment in coming years

China is already dominating many global clean energy sectors, and the country's continuing investment push is likely to it leave the US lagging even further behind in the global green energy race if some...

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