Global Clean Tech investment to reach $7 trillion by 2030: study

Cambridge Energy Research Associates said in a report that clean tech investment will exceed $7 trillion by 2030, including investment in wind turbines, solar panels and biofuels. The study warns that the rapid increase in the pace of investment and change could have a material disruptive impact on the traditional models of energy production and distribution, including disruption of the vehicle transportation market. It said that countries such as Germany in the photovoltaic sector, Brazil in biofuels, Spain in wind energy, and Asia in clean technology research and development are among the regions and countries that have established a major platform in the emerging clean tech industries.

Greentech Media said that venture capital (VC) invested $750 million in biofuels feedstocks and technologies in 2007 led by the $70 million investment in Amyris synthetic biofuels. Overall, VC investment in renewable energy last year increased by 50 percent to $3.4 billion.

The total investment represented a significant acceleration in the 2nd half of the year. The Motley Fool reported that cleantech investment by venture capital increased to $1.1 billion in the first half of 2007, up 35% from 2006.

A report by the National Venture Capital Association said that California, Massachusetts, Texas and Washington state have received the most clean tech venture capital funds.

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