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Clean Energy Trends 2008

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Clean Energy Trends 2008 Amid a challenging economic outlook—plummeting housing prices, rising foreclosure rates, record-high oil prices, sinking consumer confidence, looming recession—2007 was another banner year for clean energy, with no signs of a slowdown in 2008.

Solar, wind, biofuels, geothermal, energy intelligence, hybrid- and all-electric vehicles, advanced batteries, green buildings, and other clean-energy-related technologies and markets provided bright spots in an otherwise sluggish economy.

Clean Edge, which has been tracking the growth of clean-energy markets since 2000, reports a 40 percent increase in revenue growth for solar photovoltaics, wind, biofuels, and fuel cells in 2007, up from $55 billion in 2006 to $77.3 billion in 2007. For the first time, three of these are generating revenue in excess of $20 billion apiece, with wind now exceeding $30 billion. New global investments in energy technologies—including venture capital, project finance, public markets, and research and development—have expanded by 60 percent from $92.6 billion in 2006 to $148.4 billion in 2007, according to research firm New Energy Finance.

Further proof of clean tech’s move from marginalized to mainstream is abundant. A growing number of governments announced plans to generate electricity from renewables. Corporations continued to jump on, if not lead, the race to transition to a cleaner, greener economy.

Venture capitalists in the U.S. invested $2.7 billion in the clean-energy sector, representing more than 9 percent of total VC activity. Cleanenergy indices outpaced the broader markets in 2007. For example, the NASDAQ® Clean Edge® U.S. Liquid Series index (co-developed by Clean Edge and NASDAQ) was up 66.67 percent last year, compared with 3.53 percent for the S&P 500 index and 9.81 percent for the NASDAQ Composite index. ...

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

Joel Makower, co-founder and principal of Clean Edge, is a well-respected business strategist, and a leading voice on business, technology, and the environment. He is also chairman and executive editor of Greener World Media, producer of the acclaimed GreenBiz.com and other sites, and a bestselling author or co-author of more than a dozen books. Makower serves on a variety of for-profit and non-profit boards, including VantagePoint Venture Partners’ CleanTech Advisory Council. His newest book, Strategies for the Green Economy, will be published in Fall 2008 by McGraw-Hill.

Ron Pernick, co-founder and principal of Clean Edge, is an accomplished market research, publishing, and business development entrepreneur with more than two decades of high-tech experience. He is co-author of the highly acclaimed business book, The Clean Tech Revolution (Collins, June 2007). Pernick oversees Clean Edge’s strategic initiatives, including the co-production of the Clean-Tech Investor Summit and the creation and management of the NASDAQ® Clean Edge® U.S. indexes. He speaks regularly at industry conferences and events, and is adjunct faculty at Portland State University, where he teaches an MBA-level course on clean-tech entrepreneurship and innovation.

Clint Wilder, contributing editor for Clean Edge, is an award-winning technology and business journalist. His book The Clean Tech Revolution (with co-author Ron Pernick) published by Collins in June 2007, has been called “the best clean tech book” by ClimateProgress.org and is being translated into five languages. Wilder is a frequent speaker at industry events and writes a blog on clean tech for the business section of The Huffington Post. Before joining Clean Edge in 2002, he covered the high tech and Internet industries for more than 15 years for Information Week, Optimize, Computerworld, and Corporate Computing magazines.

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JOEL MAKOWER
RON PERNICK
CLINT WILDER
MARCH 2008

Table of contents
Clean energy trends 2008............................................................... 2
Scaling Up............................................................................ 3
Are Coal and Nuclear on the Decline?..................................... 4
Potential Pitfalls and Potholes............................................... 5
US Venture Capital Continues to Grow and Grow..................... 6
Total Investments Reach $148 Billion..................................... 6
What to Watch for in 2008..................................................... 7
Five trends to watch................................................................... 8
1. start-ups power the electric car................................... 8
2007 Top Headlines............................................................... 9
Select Companies to Watch.................................................... 9
2. Sustainable Cities Sprout from the Ground Up........ 10
2007 Top Headlines............................................................. 11
Select Companies to Watch.................................................. 11
3. Overseas Players power U.S. Wind Market Boom....... 12
2007 Top Headlines............................................................. 13
Select Companies to Watch.................................................. 13
4. Geothermal Resurfaces as a Growth Sector.............. 14
2007 Top Headlines............................................................. 15
Select Companies to Watch.................................................. 15
5. Oceangoing Shipping Takes a Cleaner Tack................ 16
2007 Top Headlines............................................................. 17
Select Companies to Watch.................................................. 17
Premier sponsors.................................................................. 18
Major sponsors................................................................... 19
About clean edge, inc............................................................. 20

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Clean Edge is a leading research and publishing firm helping companies, investors, and governments understand and profit from clean technologies.

Clean Edge, Inc., with offices in the San Francisco Bay Area and Portland, Ore., is a leading research and publishing firm that helps companies, investors, and policymakers understand and profit from clean technologies.

Founded in 2000 by environmental and high-tech business pioneers Ron Pernick and Joel Makower, Clean Edge and its network of partners and affiliates offer unparalleled intelligence and insight into the clean-tech sector.

Among its many activities, the company publishes the annual Clean Energy Trends report, produces the annual Clean-Tech Investor Summit (along with IBF), and maintains the NASDAQ® Clean Edge® U.S. indexes, which track U.S.-listed clean-energy companies.

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