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Green boom busted?

The global outlook for clean tech energy investment is gloomy. A report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) finds that investing in alternative energy is slumping.
Written by Harry Fuller, Contributor

The global outlook for clean tech energy investment is gloomy. A report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) finds that investing in alternative energy is slumping. The IEA expects green energy investment to fall below the 2007 level, far off of last year's record topping $80-billion US. And that takes into account over $10-billion coming from various national governmental stimulus packages. That shows how soft the private and VC investment markets have become in the past year. Wind continbues to be the most attractive renewable energy sector for investment. Solar is a distant second. [poll id="140"]

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