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Via John Atkinson at Winds of Change

According to a report issued by the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), an international policy initiative supported by energy-related departments of several governments and a team of over 100 researchers, global investment in renewable energy experienced strong growth in 2004. The fastest-growing technologies for the year (2004) were grid-connected Solar PVs at 54% growth, biodiesel at 26%, and wind power at 20% (via Worldchanging). As Renewable Energy Access notes however, despite this recent growth, these investments only represent 6.7% of total investments in the energy industry.

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January 12th, 2006 at 3:25 pm

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