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Venture Capital Funding in Green Energy--Current Scenario and Future Prospects
Frost & Sullivan, June 2009, Pages: 75
This research service analyzes the current and future trends and opportunities for green energy venture capital.
This Frost & Sullivan research service titled Venture Capital Funding in Green Energy--Current Scenario and Future Prospects provides an overview of the green energy technologies, their implementation status, trends, and prospects. This research service gives an overview of the current venture capital (VC) funding in green energy in terms of market participants, recent activities, investment size, and areas of funding along with the drivers and restraints. The green energy technologies covered in this research are wind power, solar photovoltaic, concentrated solar power, biomass power, geothermal power, and ocean (tidal) power.
Technology Overview
Venture Capitalists Find Energy-efficient Companies a Lucrative Investment
VC firms promote the growth of innovative, start-up companies, which are usually technologically advanced with a high growth potential. The green energy sector was a recipient of growing investments from the VC community until the economic downturn, following which the investments shrank in 2009. Government policies and funding have played an important role in mitigating the intensity of such trends. “Government policies and funding are two of the main driving forces for developments and investments in renewable and alternative energy technologies,” notes the analyst of this research. “Stronger government focus worldwide has been spurred by the need to address climate change as well as energy independence and security issues.” Support from major governments worldwide, including countries such as the United States and China, are already having a positive impact on investments in the clean energy sector. Significant amounts of the U.S. stimulus funds allocated for smart grids and energy-efficiency technologies are boosting developments and investments in these sectors.
However, the current economic situation is affecting some of the main clean energy investment trends, resulting in a fall in VC investments in this sector. Capital from limited partners for new venture funds has been difficult to come by, and the economic slump has negatively affected VC-backed liquidity through the initial public offering or mergers and acquisitions (M&As). “Earlier investments show that VCs have moved into clean energy investments with amounts that are growing year on year, although there has been a significant fall in investments in the first quarter of 2009,” explains the analyst. ”Green energy start-ups will find it difficult to attract financing rounds of over $100 million due to the smaller pool of investors and restricted access to capital, triggering a shift to less capital intensive energy technologies such as energy storage and energy efficiency.”
Although investments in solar energy technologies continue to dominate, VC investments have moved toward smart grid and energy efficiency-enabling technologies such as green buildings applications and energy storage technologies for electric transportation and grid storage. Funding opportunities in these sectors have significant potential in the current economic climate. “Technologies that are capital efficient and scalable present the best opportunity in the current economic scenario,” concludes the analyst. “Distributed energy generation, energy storage and energy efficiency on the supply and demand side including technologies along the supply chain of green energy industries will be increasingly sought after by VCs in the future.”
Technologies
The following technologies are covered in this research:
- Wind power
- Solar photovoltaic
- Concentrated solar power
- Biomass power
- Geothermal power
- Ocean (tidal) power
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