US wrests clean energy investment crown back from China

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Rush for expiring Federal loans helps global investment reach a new high of $260bn in 2011

Global clean energy investment reached a record $260bn in 2011 as the US usurped China to become the world's largest investor, analysts Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) confirmed yesterday. Global...

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