Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2013
Renewable Energy: World Invests $244 billion in 2012, Geographic Shift to Developing Countries. Installed capacity continues to grow as solar prices drop 30-40%, new wind installations surge
For only the second time since 2006, global investments in renewable energy in 2012 failed to top the year before, falling 12% mainly due to dramatically lower solar prices and weakened US and EU markets.
There was a continuing upward trend in developing countries in 2012, with investments in the South topping $112 billion vs $132 billion in developed countries – a dramatic change from 2007, when developed economies invested 2.5 times more in renewables (excluding large hydro) than developing countries, a gap that has closed to just 18%.
- Issues:
- Infrastructure, Energy, Economics, Natural Resources
- Region:
- Global
- Year Published:
- 2013
- Institutions:
- Bloomberg, United Nations, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)