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Clean-tech venture capital fund, Bill Gates-backed Breakthrough Energy Ventures, has raised $1 billion for a second round of investments after backing 45 startups with its first billion.  This has prompted the discussion below, in Bloomberg Green, which I annotate with …

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Pictured here is a device that combines wind and hydrokinetic energy.  Its proponents make the case that there is a strong overlap between the regulations that govern offshore wind and tidal/ocean current energy (which I’m sure is correct) and that …

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