Renewable Energy Sees a Record $257 Billion of Investment in 2011
The
UN Environment Program (UNEP) announced in a new report that in 2011
global renewable energy investment reached a record $257 billion; a 17
percent increase from 2010, and a 600% increase over the past seven
years.The solar energy sector saw the largest amount of investment, up
from 2010 by 52% to an impressive $147 billion, more than half the total
investment in the renewable energy market. This increase was due to an
explosion in the number of installations of rooftop panels in the Italy
and Germany, along with large-scale concentrated solar…Read more...
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