US green power sector poised for 'watershed year'

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Bloomberg New Energy Finance predicts 2015 could make a major turning point in US efforts to decarbonise the power sector

The US power sector is poised to set a raft of green energy records this year, according to a major new report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) that suggests emissions from the industry should...

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