December 28, 2005—New Energy Finance estimates that total global investment in clean energy (renewable energy plus low-carbon technologies) in 2005 will be around $42.2 billion. Including the impact of mergers and acquisition activity, total financial transaction value in the sector will be over $56 billion, the company says.
The New Energy Finance Desktop contains details of nearly 11,000 organizations active in the clean energy industry, 6000 individuals and over 4000 investment transactions of different types. Analysis of this data gave an estimated total current volume of investment in the industry of $42.2 billion.
Although $42.2 billion is not a small figure, it must be put in context, says the company. It is equivalent to just 6.7% of the $630 billion estimated by the International Energy Agency (IEA) last year as the total worldwide annual demand for investment in the energy industry through to 2030 ($568 billion in 2000 dollars expressed in 2005 dollars).
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