PARIS: A Chinese boom in solar panel installation last year helped drive global investment in renewable clean energy technology to record levels, a new study showed on Tuesday.

After a dip in 2016, overall global investment in the sector rose 3.0 percent to a total $333.5 billion, offsetting falls in Japan, Germany, and Britain, according to the Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) study.

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