Clean tech investment clears $45bn on back of record asset finance

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Third quarter figures from Bloomberg New Energy Finance show 16 per cent year-on-year increase in green investment

Wind and solar projects drove financial investment in clean energy to $45.4bn in the third quarter of 2011, a nine per cent rise on the previous quarter and a 16 per cent increase year-on-year, according...

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