The Cleantech Venture Network released its year-end investment figures for the sector. The year 2006 saw $2.9 billion (U.S.) invested, a 78 per cent increase over the previous year. The fourth quarter saw $613 million invested, down from Q3′s $933 million but still 22 per cent higher on a year-over-year basis.
More in-depth figures will be released at the Cleantech Forum in San Francisco in late February.
Tyler Hamilton is editor-in-chief of Corporate Knights magazine and a business columnist for the Toronto Star, Canada's largest daily newspaper. In addition to this Clean Break blog, Tyler writes a weekly column of the same name that discusses trends, happenings and innovators in the clean technology and green energy market. This blog is a personal project started in April 2005. It is not an official blog of the newspaper.
Check out my new book Mad Like Tesla: Underdog Inventors and Their Relentless Pursuit of Clean Energy, published by ECW Press.
If you would like to inquire about speaking engagements, research and writing services, or general consulting services please contact Tyler at cleantechreporter(AT)gmail.com
