Clean energy reserves could match fossil fuels

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Bloomberg New Energy Finance report finds 'larger than expected' wind and bioenergy contribution in US and Brazil

The energy reserves of the United States' existing wind and bioenergy projects equate to around a seventh of the country's fossil fuel reserves, but have the potential to expand substantially according...

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