The city offered Vestas $12.5 million in incentives in hopes the wind farm developer would expand its Portland operations and build a $250 million facility.
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The effect of the credit crunch on green investments has been "not that dramatic", Mark Woodal, CEO of Climate Change Capital said. "Technologies needed for combating climate change are still getting funding."
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