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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. 
A new report claims each green job created by finance provided by the US Department of Energy has cost $11m. 
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 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. 
US venture capitalists invested $5.9bn in 863 deals in the first quarter of 2013, according to the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association, but the cleantech sector declined by 35 per cent. 
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. 
US cleantech deals and funding hit multi-year lows with less than $500m of total financing awarded to the cleantech sector in the first quarter for 2013, a new report shows. 
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. 
Global solar venture capital investments continued to decline falling to $126m in 26 deals in the first quarter of 2013 compared to $220m in 27 deals in the previous quarter making it the second lowest quarter for VC funding since 2008, 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. 
Nine Northeastern states are considering strengthening The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative to drive additional reductions in global warming pollution, according to a new major report. 
New York State has the potential to get 100 per cent of its energy needs from wind, water and sunlight (WWS) by 2030, according to a new study. 
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. 
