| Table 6-12 |
| Financial new investment, by selected region/country and energy/technology: 2004–10 |
| (Millions of dollars) |
| |
| Region/country and technology |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
| |
| EU |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Wind |
6,728 |
12,034 |
12,413 |
25,316 |
22,546 |
20,660 |
19,243 |
| Solar |
319 |
1,809 |
5,359 |
13,718 |
22,200 |
15,222 |
11,491 |
| Biofuels |
477 |
1,510 |
4,450 |
4,694 |
1,994 |
1,726 |
167 |
| United States |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Wind |
1,574 |
3,962 |
9,210 |
11,167 |
17,593 |
10,479 |
17,142 |
| Solar |
153 |
1,124 |
2,389 |
5,514 |
7,834 |
3,666 |
5,580 |
| Biofuels |
989 |
2,651 |
10,448 |
9,136 |
4,078 |
935 |
1,155 |
| China |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Wind |
220 |
1,473 |
3,678 |
7,472 |
17,368 |
30,764 |
44,875 |
| Solar |
3 |
90 |
562 |
197 |
1,981 |
3,967 |
3,856 |
| Biofuels |
17 |
64 |
1,117 |
1,397 |
187 |
43 |
NA |
| |
EU = European Union; NA = not available
NOTES: Clean energy technologies include biomass, geothermal, wind, solar, biofuels, and energy smart and efficiency. Financial new investment includes venture capital financing raised from private equity, and public capital markets. Mergers and acquisitions are excluded.
SOURCE: Bloomberg New Energy Finance, http://bnef.com/, special tabulations (2011).
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