Renewables investment outstrips non-renewables for second year in a row

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New capacity in Europe and US exceeds new fossil fuel and nuclear capacity during 2009

The growing dominance of the renewable-energy sector was underlined yesterday with the release of two new reports revealing that global investments in renewables during 2009 exceeded investment in non-renewable...

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