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Renewable-Energy Capacity Booming Worldwide

By Bill MorrisJul 28th 2010 – 4:28PM
Patrick Pleul, AFP / Getty Images

Patrick Pleul, AFP / Getty Images

(July 28) -- The year 2009 was "unprecedented" in the history of renewable-energy production, with China adding more capacity than any other country in the world, according to two new reports from the United Nations Environmental Program and the Renewable Energy Network for the 21st Century (REN21). The U.N. report states...

Background on United Nations Environmental Program

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is an international institution (a programme, rather than an agency of the UN) that coordinates United Nations environmental activities, assisting developing countries in implementing environmentally sound policies and practices.

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