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WEF Clean Energy Thrust Areas
The World Economic Forum report (JAN 2009) names 8 specific clean energy sectors that will account for the bulk of WEF transitional energy targets (which it says could be about 500 billion $ per year) : Onshore wind Offshore wind Solar photovoltaic Solar thermal Municipal waste-to-energy projects Sugar-derived ethanol Cellulosic ethanol Geothermal energy
Tags : energy investments
Topics : Renewable Energy
Global clean energy spending needs to triple to $515 bill per year thru 2030!
From its yearly meeting in Davos, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum just released a report saying that global clean energy spending needs to at least triple from 2008's $155 billion. In order to combat climate change and bring sustainable fuels to parity with fossil fuels, some $515 billion per year should be spent through 2030 - Jan 2009
Tags : energy investments
CleanTech managed to shine in 2009
Investors put $4.1 billion in 277 clean-tech start-ups in 2008, 52 % more than '07. Seven of the top 10 biggest deals of the year in this sector. VCs favored solar energy and PV cos, which received $1.8 billion in 2008. Top 3 deals were Nanosolar, Solyndra, SolarReserve. Energy from other sources, ethanol, nuclear, getting $561 million. Cos recycle $304 million. Battery start-ups $224 million - likely rise in '09this year, as lithium-ion battery receiving attention. - Read More
Is India the next cleantech hb?
At the Cleantech Forum in San Francisco this week, the Khosla Ventures founder and managing partner -- and Sun Microsystems co-founder -- said the country, with its vast intellectual talent, is well-positioned to develop some of the next big greentech breakthroughs. Feb 2008 - Read More
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Topics : Finance
CleanTechies - biz blog for cleantech industry
CleanTechies is a business blog focused on information from the CleanTech industry, and it beat out 5,000 blogs for a spot as a finalist in the "Best Business Blog" award competition. But what makes this such an achievement is that it was the only green blog in the category. - Read More
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Topics : Media
Nine Cleantech Predictions for 2009
Good list from Cleantech 1. Energy efficiency infrastructure boom 2. Global climate talks bog down 3. US passes renewable portfolio standard 4. Wind stocks come back; thin film PV shakeout 5. Clean technology VC stabilizes at $7B globally; PE more active 6. Failure rate of cleantech startups doubles 7. IT turns to the energy opportunity 8. R&D stagnates; corporates acquire green growth assets 9. Energy-water-food nexus emerges - Read More
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Cleantech investment breaks all time record
Cleantech posted yet another record-breaking investment quarter globally, with smart grid, thin film and algae biofuel technologies enjoying all-times highs in financing. (Oct 2008) - Read More
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Topics : Finance