Report: Global clean energy investment falls for first time

Will Nichols
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Report records total investment of $256bn in 2012, well short of previous year's $293bn despite fourth quarter surge

A fourth quarter rally was not enough to stop global clean energy investment dipping for the first time since records began, according to preliminary figures from analyst firm Clean Energy Pipeline...

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