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Clean Technology Investing: the Future is Here

For almost decades now, humans have been battling the after effects of technology and development. Its impact on the environment has already begun to show up. Global Warming is one of the gravest dangers being faced by mankind today. This is one of the reasons why clean technology has become such an important part of development today.

Clean technology investing is a thing of the future, say venture capitalists. But what is clean technology? 

Clean technology is any technology that uses raw materials like water, air and electricity more effectively and produces minimum toxic waste from it. 

In simpler terms, it is technology that has a minimum impact on the environment and at the same time gives a much better output in terms of profit. It is also known as ‘cleantech’ in short. The applications of cleantech are many. For example, energy, water filtration, electrical vehicles etc. 

What makes it lucrative for investors? 

The growth of ‘cleantech’ in the last few years has been significant. While cleantech companies only represented about one percent of all American investments about 5 years ago, it has risen to almost 7 percent now. This number is set to further increase. Automation technologies that for energy management is set to rise to $5 billion in the next few years. 

By the year 2012, the global wind energy market is estimated to touch $28 billion. The energy infrastructure in the US has been clearly underinvested and this has cost the US billions of dollars. 

This is one of the sectors where cleantech has made massive developments in. Similarly, the water sector is another area that is undergoing considerable development. 

The growing number of attractive deals

In the last three to four years, there have been almost 500 investment transactions in Cleantech. The number of deals is set to rise even further. This is what makes it one of the best investment options ever. 
 
By Sumesh  

Published 26th Mar 2010

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