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Green Alternative Energy Spending Increases by 60%
The spending on green alternative energy sources increase by a massive 60% last year to $148bn according to a study by the UN energy Programme. Concerns over the continuing rise in the cost of oil and general climate change concerns were the main factors behind the increases.
Wind farms received most investments whilst solar power through solar panels had the highest year on year growth.
The majority of investment in 2007 went to Europe, the report said, followed by the US – though about $26bn was put into projects in China, India and Brazil.
Investment was “subdued” during the first few months of 2008, it added, with several developers of wind power technology selling up after “realising that with the tightening of credit markets, they could not finance themselves”, UNEP said.
But most areas had picked up during the second three month quarter of the year, the report added.
Solar power is an area of investment that continues to grow
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“Just as thousands were drawn to California and the Klondike in the late 1800s, the green energy gold rush is attracting legions of modern day prospectors in all parts of the globe,” said UNEP head Achim Steiner, who is also a UN Under-Secretary General.
Last month, Britain’s energy minister, Malcolm Wicks, said Britain would undergo a £100bn “green revolution”, with plans to fit a quarter of British homes with solar heating panels and erect thousands of new wind turbines.
The UK needs to meet tough targets set by the EU and only gets about 5% of its energy from renewable sources – mainly wind turbines. The spending in Green alternative energy sources is only set to increase, and like the original gold rush, it will be the sellers of this equipment who make most money, but the planet will win longer term.
