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Venture Capital for Energy Innovation Market Guide
Energy Business Reports, Aug 2011, Pages: 154
With the rise of alternative energy companies, there are a large number of venture capitalists investing in the energy industry, particularly in companies specializing in renewable energy. And for the first time, the developing world has overtaken richer countries in new investment.
Venture Capital for Energy Innovation assesses growth opportunities in the alternative energy, energy efficiency, and carbon reduction sectors among leading startup firms. Funding opportunities with a guide to angel investment, technical assistance, and incubator facilities is also provided.
This research report analyzes the growing venture capital investments in the renewable energy industry. The report profiles the leading venture capitalists who are investing in the energy industry, along with an analysis of the market, the investments attracted by major companies in this industry, along with the challenges faced by VCs investing in renewable energy.
The National Venture Capital Association categorizes the cleantech sector as ventures involving alternative energy, energy efficiency, and environmental controls. But energy innovation investing is not limited to just the clean tech sector.
Recent VC-funded energy innovations include algae-based biofuels, cellulosic ethanol, concentrator-based solar power generation, cylindrical solar panels, electro- chemical energy storage systems, energy storage systems for wind farms, enhanced geothermal systems, LED light bulbs, low-cost photovoltaic cells, modular-scale nuclear power generation, municipal waste-to-biofuel conversion, small-scale hydrogen generators for fuel-cell vehicles, tidal turbine generators, and wave energy generating systems.
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