BNEF: Global clean energy investment climbs in 2017 on back of China solar boom

James Murray
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But annual figures confirm a 'damning' collapse in UK clean energy investment, as overall spending halved in 2017

Global clean energy investment ticked up last year, totalling $333.5bn and resulting in the second highest level of clean energy investment since records began, according to new figures from Bloomberg...

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