Solar domination: 2017 renewables investment trends at-a-glance
Major UN-backed report reveals key trends in green energy investment, from the runaway success of solar power to China's continued market dominance
Future scholars of the energy transition may come to see 2017 as a pivotal year in the great shift to clean energy. According to a major UN-backed report released today, it was the year in which solar...
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