Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Follow the Money

Clean-tech investment leaps 83% in a year
Deborah Gage, San Francisco Chronicle, August 5, 2008

U.S. venture investments in clean-technology companies climbed to a record $961.7 million in the second quarter of 2008 - up 41 percent from the first quarter and 83 percent from the same quarter last year, according to a new report from Ernst & Young.

"It's not just energy - there are a host of markets, from fuels to electricity to storage to efficiency to water treatment," said Jeff Grabow, head of Ernst & Young's clean-tech unit for the Pacific Northwest.

Read the complete story here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2008/08/05/BUQE11TFP5.DTL

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