A report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance said that a sluggish
economy did not hamper investments in new clean energy projects as they
increased 5 percent to $260 billion in 2011, a record high.
U.S. investments in renewable energy moved ahead of China for the
first time since 2008, according to the latest data. U.S. projects saw
an investment of $55.9 billion in 2011, up 33 percent from 2010. China’s investments increased 1 percent to $47.4 billion.
“The news that the US jumped back into the lead in clean energy
investment last year will reassure those who worried that it was falling
behind other countries,” said Michael Liebreich, chief executive of
Bloomberg New Energy Finance. “However before anyone in Washington
celebrates too much, the US figure was achieved thanks in large part to
support initiatives such as the federal loan guarantee program and a
Treasury grant program which have now expired.”
In 2011, investments in solar technology increased 36 percent to
$136.6 billion, nearly double the $74.9 billion investment in wind
power, which was down 17 percent from 2010. Biomass and waste-to-energy
investments decreased 18 percent to $10.8 billion, geothermal dropped
from $3.2 billion to $2.8 billion, small hydro decreased 25 percent to
$3 billion and investments in marine technology were steady at $0.3
billion.
“The performance of solar is even more remarkable when you consider
that the price of photovoltaic modules fell by close to 50 percent
during 2011, and now stands 75 percent lower than three years ago, in
mid-2008,” Liebreich said. “The cost of PV technology has fallen, but
the volume of PV sold has increased by a much greater factor as it
approached competitiveness with other sources of power.”
The previous year also saw the one trillionth dollar invested globally in renewables since 2004.
The largest single type of investment was the asset finance of
utility-scale renewable energy projects, which increased from a revised
$138.3 billion in 2010 to $145.6 billion in 2011.
Venture capital and private equity investment saw an increase of 4 percent in 2011 to $8.9 billion.
( Follow Internet)
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