Sun shines on US renewable energy industry

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Report shows US solar industry defied downturn last year to deliver a 37 per cent increase in installed capacity

The US solar energy industry has become the latest renewable energy sector to report impressive growth figures for 2009, further underlining the extent to which clean tech industries have defied the economic...

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