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The solar industry is on the brink of rising from the ashes of its 2011 crisis to grow to $155bn by 2018, according to new research. 
The use of hybrid and pure-electric drivetrains in underwater and surface vehicles is set to become a $6.3bn market by 2023, according to new research. 
The value of private equity and venture capital investment in the cleantech sector dipped for the fourth month in a row in April 2013 to reach its lowest point of the last 12 months under review, according to data compiled by Zephyr and Bureau van Dijk exclusively for NewNet. 
The China CleanTech Index reversed gains witnessed throughout the rest of the first quarter by falling slightly in April, outperforming one of its four benchmarks. 
The worldwide market for green construction materials will grow to $254bn in 2020 from today’s level of $116bn, according to new research. 
The US is the most attractive country in terms of using its tax regime to drive sustainable corporate behaviour and achieve green policy goals. 
Institutional private infrastructure investment is beginning to mature as an asset class despite being temporarily slowed by the financial crisis with private energy investments proving buoyant, according to new research by Altius Associates. 
The value of private equity and venture capital investment in the cleantech sector declined for the third consecutive month in March 2013 after peaking at $3.05bn in December 2012 in the 12 months under review, according to data compiled by Zephyr and Bureau van Dijk exclusively for NewNet. 
Smart grid venture capital funding in the first quarter of the year totalled $62m in nine deals, mirroring the level of activity witnessed in 2012, a report by consulting firm Mercom has found. 
Clean energy investment saw a decline of 11 per cent last year against 2011 figures as European countries curtailed incentive schemes, a report by The Pew Charitable Trusts has found. 
The amount of wind power installed this year will see a ‘modest decline’, according to new figures from the Global Wind Energy Council, as the sector fails to match growth seen last year. 
Subsidies to fossil fuels are currently inhibiting efforts towards climate-compatible development in developing countries, according to a new report. 
At least 28.4GW of photovoltaic systems were installed worldwide in what was considered to be a stable PV market in 2012 raising the worldwide total of installations to at least 96.5GW, according to a new major report. 
LED outdoor products can cut energy consumed by lighting by more than half offering energy reductions between 50 and 70 per cent, according to a new study. 
Solar PV demand from the emerging Asia Pacific and Central Asia (EAPCA) region is forecast to exceed 3GW by 2017, according to a new major report. 
Competition for the number one spot for the world's largest turbine OEM in 2012 came down to the wire with wind turbine manufacturer Vestas barely taking the lead with a slim 0.9 per cent margin over GE, according to a new major report. 
China will need to raise up to $243bn of additional funds per year by 2020 in order to sufficiently finance action to limit the impacts of climate change and invest in low carbon development, according to a new major report. 
Despite the overcapacity, bankruptcies, and trade wars in the solar industry in 2012, global installations appear to be in the 30GW to 32GW range and are expected to reach 34.5GW in 2013, according to a new major report. 
With world sales climbing to $36.5bn in 2012 across the smart grid space, ITC businesses have begun to tap into a now burgeoning industry, according to Memoori’s latest report. 
Private equity and venture capital investment in the cleantech sector weakened in February as both volume and value dipped from last month’s figures. Value halved month-on-month from $ 2bn to $964m and marked the second consecutive month of decline, according to data compiled by Zephyr and Bureau van Dijk exclusively for NewNet. 
