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Sustainable Energy : Summaries

Summary : Global Trends 2008

The report Global Trends in Sustainable Energy Investment 2008 provides detailed overview and discussion of trends and issues in the financing of energy , revealing new alternative ways of sustainable and renewable energy . In particular , the report touches the following themes : overview of investment trends , perspectives on sustainable energy , changes in the finance sector , venture capital and private equity , incubators of clean energy , public markets , asset financings mergers and acquisitions , and , finally , investment in developing countries (China , India , Brazil , Africa

Nowadays many researchers

and scientist are really obsessed with idea to find and to promote new sustainable energy source . The need for energy is growing with days and hours and , therefore , everyone is bothering what the situation will humanity will run out of convenient energy sources . Thus , the role of global investment in sustainable energy is increasing . It is noted that global investment in sustainable energy again reached record levels in the year 2007 , rising to 148 .4 billion of new investment worldwide , an increase of 60 of New Energy Finance 's revised 2006 financial transactions are estimated at the level of 204 .9 billion

Researchers assume that asset financing appeared to be the main driver for investment surge and investment level has increased up to 68 Actually , wind sector fuels investing in renewable energy . Public market investment has also increased more than double and it is seen that the interest in renewable energy is a matter for all professional spheres However , certain negative moments are present as well . For example , a credit crisis has significantly impacted development of financial markets , stock prices and public markets . Therefore , asset finance is down , but stock prices and capital rising are now health and it means that finance community is characterized by strong fundamentals and future growth

The next moment to admit is that , according official statistics sustainable energy accounts about 23 of new power generation capacity and it sounds hopeful as the overall generated capacity has increased up to 5 .4 . Nevertheless , wind power remains dominant over renewable energy and , according official statistics , in 2006 wind power managed to attract more investments compared with hydropower and nuclear power Actually , wind power is new generation capacity in Europe , whereas other sources of power are less popular and efficient . Capital rising for clean energy sources has increased in 2007 and , therefore , sustainable energy companies made decision to continue funding into equity markets

Furthermore , interest in emerging technologies for generating renewable energy is being boosted and , it is known , that early-stage venture capital investment has increased dramatically . Competition and commercialization has intensified as well . The year of 2007 is characterized by expansion of private equity finance and the effort is driven by increase in ethanol production in the United States . But ethanol prices have fallen and feedstock costs have risen . As a result researchers observe significant fell in investments in biofuel and , what is more interesting , investments has shifted to Brazil , China and India or , in other words , to...