Asian Development Bank launches multi-billion dollar solar scheme

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New Asia Solar Energy Initiative aims to drive $6.75bn of private investment into solar sector by 2012

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has this week launched an ambitious renewable energy project designed to attract billions of dollars of private investment and deploy around three gigawatts of solar power...

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