Clean energy investment – 3Q 2017 trends

Firm third quarter suggests global clean energy investment for the whole of 2017 may slightly exceed 2016’s total of $287.5 billion.

Seven giant wind projects, each costing between $600 million and $4.5 billion, and spread between the U.S., Mexico, the U.K., Germany, China and Australia, helped global clean energy investment to jump 40% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2017.

New Investment in Clean Energy by Region, 1Q 2014 – 3Q 2017 ($BN)


Source: Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Note: All values nominal. This includes investment into all asset classes except EST asset finance and R&D, which are compiled on an annual basis only.

This report covers an overview of annual clean energy investment, quarterly trends in new investments and funds in circulation, clean energy indexes and renewable energy capacity investment.
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