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Mexico leads regional RE charge

Investment in clean energy in Mexico reached $1.2bn in the first six months of 2014, while in Central American countries – Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama – it hit $317m the same period, according to new research.

11 August 2014 16:59 GMT Updated 27 September 2016 6:14 GMT

By Alexandre Spatuzza in Sao Paulo

Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) said the figures point to investments in Mexico in 2014 surpassing the $1.6bn invested in the whole in of 2013.

The BNEF analysts said this year's total could top the record $2.4bn invested in 2010.

Meanwhile, in Central America, the speed of investments so far points to yearly figures below the 2013 total of $1bn.

Wind power capacity in Mexico and Central America should rise by 1GW this year while, according to detailed pipeline analysis, 1.3GW

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