AltEnToday

Well, perhaps this is a good time to consider working in the alternative energy industry. . . According to a UN report highlighted by the article “UN reports big jump in ‘green energy’“. According to the report, the overall global energy market absolutely surged in 2007, including $148 billion in global investments - a 60 percent gain from the $92.6 billion reported in 2006.

The investments range the gamut from still-in-research and untested applications to viable and adopted technology - most specifically wind and solar. Solar investments climbed a whopping 90 percent from the previous year totaling $28 billion dollars in 2007. While of course we’re in a down-turned economy right now, I would not be wholly surprised if the solar and wind industries continue to benefit from the overall state of the energy market.

Read the full report from the Sustainable Energy Finance Initiative here.