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Friday, April 13, 2012

Clean Energy Investments Top $250 Billion in 2011

Clean Energy Investments Top $250 Billion in 2011

In 2011, new clean energy investments rose to a record $263 billion – a 6.5 percent increase from last year.  The United States rose to the top in 2011 after having fallen behind China and Germany last year.  But the 27 countries that make up the European Union (EU-27) as a whole were still head and shoulders above the rest.  As countries go into the Rio+20 Earth Summit they should build upon this trend an commit to new policies and incentives to triple the amount of wind, solar, geothermal, and tidal power  in their energy mix.

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