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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). China continues to defy easy classification. The US is in a race for global dominance in the new energy economy with China.

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Opinion: Why Buffett Bet A Billion On Solar: Miles Per Acre Per Year

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In China alone, 500 million new vehicles can be expected to jam the roads between now and 2030. around 17 million in the US—China became the top market in 2009), it only requires a 4 percent growth rate to reach that target in fifteen years. They had better think seriously about financing solar and wind arrays.

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