2017: The year clean tech records tumbled

Madeleine Cuff
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Your 10-point guide to the many clean tech firsts from the past 12 months

From expectation-smashing wind auctions to green transport breakthroughs and promising progress on carbon capture, 2017 was a record-breaking year of first for the clean technology sector. BusinessGreen...

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