Global energy efficiency market worth $310bn and growing, IEA says

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Report finds efficiency investments over the past 40 years have shed the equivalent of Europe's entire annual energy demand

The global energy efficiency market has topped $310bn a year and is set for further growth, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said today. The second edition of the Paris-based agency's Energy Efficiency...

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