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BloombergNEF: clean energy investment in developing nations slumps as financing in China slows; coal burn surges to record high

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Across all emerging markets surveyed, 2018 investment fell to $133 billion, lower than not just the 2017 total but the 2015 figure as well. This is twice the clean energy capacity added in 2015 and three times the capacity installed in 2013. The rest of the top five included Chile, Brazil, China, and Kenya, in that order.

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Global investment in renewable power reached $270.2B in 2014, ~17% up from 2013; biofuel investment fell 8% to 10-year low

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Additional highlights of the 9 th annual Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2015 report include: China saw by far the biggest renewable energy investments in 2014—a record $83.3 billion) were all in the top 10 of investing countries while more than $1 billion was invested in Indonesia, Chile, Mexico, Kenya and Turkey.

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