• Second-quarter clean energy investment increased by 24% to $56.9 billion, Bloomberg reports.
• A 92% increase in China led the way, with $18.3 billion invested there.
• Solar and wind projects received much of that investment, though many renewable energy companies internationally still struggled.

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Investment in clean energy rose 24% to $56.9 billion in the second quarter compared with the first, led by a surge in expenditure in China, Bloomberg New Energy Finance said.

Spending in China jumped 92% in the period to $18.3 billion as several large solar photovoltaic parks and wind farms secured hundreds of millions of dollars in financing, New Energy Finance said today in an e-mailed statement. ...