Clean energy investment surges back to $42bn in second quarter

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Fluctuating pattern of investment continues with 27 per cent growth on first three months of the year

Global clean energy investments leaped to $41.7bn in the second quarter of 2011, a jump of 27 per cent on the previous three months and the third highest level on record, according to figures released...

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