Though 2009 was largely a disappointment for clean energy companies, major investment gains in 2010 now seem to be the light at the end of the tunnel.
All told, clean energy companies received 23% of venture capital (VC) dollars?even more than its heyday in 2008.
The 46% rise from 2009 translated to $5.1 billion, with the largest investment ($350 million) placed by HSBC and given to Better Place, an electric vehicle infrastructure company.
Who got the rest of the money? According to Clean Edge, the biggest investments went to:
- Solyndra, Abound Solar, and Miasole, thin-film solar producers
- BrightSource Energy, solar thermal makers
- Fisker Automotive, electric carmaker
- Amonix Solar
- Kior, a biomass company
- Vulcan Power, geothermal innovator
- Elevance Renewable Sciences, a biochemicals company
Support for photovoltaic solar, wind power and biofuels went through the roof, increasing 35.2% from last year for a total of $188.1 billion. By 2020 that figure should reach $349.2 billion.
As a bit of back-story, the green energy industry received a substantial boost in 2008, when investment dollars topped off at $6.1 billion. However, when the economy took a tumble, so did support for emerging green tech start-ups. The total investment for 2009 was 42% lower than 2008.
Here?s to seeing this positive trend continue.
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Source: http://solar.calfinder.com/blog/solar-funding/clean-tech-venture-capital/
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