Clean Energy 2010 Trending Up

China is churning out the low cost infrastrucutre for Wind and Solar which in part is fueling the greater adoption of clean energy. Although people are sckeptical is China can continue that given their attitude and difficult framework for fostering entrepreneurship and innovation.

The global trend for investing in Renewables is looking good and some VC's will continue to make money while other's gamble on less 'cleaner' initiatives like ethanol.
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U.S. Venture and Global Clean-Energy Investments:

In 2009, U.S.-based venture capital investments in energy technologies declined from $3.2 billion in 2008 to $2.2 billion in 2009, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. However, as a percent of total VC investments, energy tech grew from 11.4 percent in 2008 to 12.5 percent in 2009. This represented the largest share in the history of the clean-energy asset class.

The report can be downloaded from  http://www.cleanedge.com/reports/reports-trends2010.php