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CLEANENERGYTRENDS
2009
JOEL MAKOWER RON PERNICKCLINT WILDER 
MARCH 2009
 
 
TAble of conTenTS
cleAn energy TrendS 2009
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Government Stimulus Takes Center Stage
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Clean Energy = Jobs
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U.S. Energy VC Reaches Nearly 12 Percent of Total 
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Total Investments Reach $155 Billion
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Moving Forward 
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five TrendS To wATch
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1. The grid goeS online
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2008 Top Headlines
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Select Companies to Watch
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2. TechnologieS SAve cleAn energy for A rAiny (or cAlM) dAy
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2008 Top Headlines
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Select Companies to Watch
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3. new cleAn-energy MArKeTS eMerge AroUnd The globe
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2008 Top Headlines
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Select Organizations to Watch
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4. grid infrASTrUcTUre grAbS The SPoTlighT
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2008 Top Headlines
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Select Organizations to Watch
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5. MicroPower ShowS iT iS no SMAll Thing
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2008 Top Headlines
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Select Organizations to Watch
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PreMier SPonSorS
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MAjor SPonSorS
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aboUT clEan EdgE, inc.
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© 2009 Clean Edge, Inc. (www.cleanedge.com).May be reproduced for noncommercial purposes only, provided credit is given to Clean Edge Inc. and includes this copyright notice.2
cleAn energy TrendS 2009
In last year’s
Clean Energy Trends
report, we noted that 2008 would prove to be an-other banner year or clean energy even in the ace o a brooding economic storm.That prognosis proved correct, with revenue growth among our three key clean-energysectors expanding by 53 percent globally between 2007 and 2008.Last year’s signicant revenue increase was based on a number o actors, includingthe continued double-digit expansion o our tracked markets as well as growing windarm development costs due primarily to high-demand, low-supply market dynamicsthat loomed throughout most o 2008. We don’t see a repeat perormance o suchgrowth happening in 2009.Clean Edge, which has been tracking the growth o clean-tech markets or nearly adecade, reports that global revenues or solar photovoltaics, wind power, and biouelsexpanded rom $75.8 billion in 2007 to $115.9 billion in 2008. For the rst time, onesector alone, wind, had revenues exceeding $50 billion. New global investments inenergy technologies — including venture capital, project nance, public markets, andresearch and development — expanded by 4.7 percent rom $148.4 billion in 2007 to$155.4 billion in 2008, according to research rm New Energy Finance.But despite this striking increasein global revenue and continuedgrowth in global investments, theclean-energy sector aces consid-erable challenges moving orward. A sinking stock market continuesto plague the initial public oering(IPO) markets, with only a smallhandul o energy-related IPOlistings on U.S. exchanges in 2008.This means that venture capitalists(VCs) are aced with a dearth o exit opportunities or their current portolio companies, making it harder or newcompanies to garner VC investments. According to research rm Renaissance Capital,there were just 43 U.S. IPOs o all types in 2008 that raised at least $50 million, downrom 272 in 2007, marking the slowest year or IPOs in nearly three decades (1979).Clean Edge’s two clean-energy-related stock indexes, which were both up more than60 percent in 2007, were down a similar amount in 2008, refecting the volatility o theclean-energy sector and broader markets overall.Severely tightened credit markets also began to take their toll. In late 2008 and early2009, the extent o constrained credit became apparent, with a range o clean-energycompanies delaying plans, laying o sta, or scuttling projects entirely. While we
For the frst time,one sector alone,wind, had revenues
exceeding $50 billion.
Global Clean-Energy Projected Growth2008-2018
($US Billions)
WindPowerSolarPowerTOTAL
$0
$115.9$325.1$29.6$80.6$51.4$139.1Biofuels$105.4
$25 $50 $75 $100 $125
Source: Clean Edge, 2009 
$150 $175 $200 $225 $250 $275 $300 $325
20082018
$34.8
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