The sixth annual
Clean Energy Trends report has been released which predicts a four-fold increase in the global clean-energy market over the next decade from $55.4 billion in revenues in 2006 to
more than $226.5 billion by 2016. Tracked by the report are four benchmark technologies which can all expect their markets to dramatically rise:
biofuels, solar, wind, and
fuel cells. Key predictions centred around capacity increases for each of the technologies:
Related:
- Biofuels up from around 13 billion gallons last year to 50 billion gallons
- Solar up from 2 GW of production to nearly 20 GW
- Wind power up from 15 GW of production to 67 GW
- Carbon Finally Has a Price...and a Market
- Biorefineries Begin to Close the Loop
- Advanced Battery Makers Take Charge
- Wal-Mart Becomes a Clean-Energy Market Maker
- Utilities Get Enlightened
Related:
- First new US nuclear plant in three decades approved
- Las Vegas leads US cities in alternative fuel use
- British Columbia sees biofuels as part of 2025 energy self-sufficiency plan