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REFERENCE TABLES
Table R14. Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment, 2005–2015
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
NEW INVESTMENT BY STAGE
Billion USD
Technology Research
Government R&D 1.9 2.0 2.2 2.7 2.8 5.3 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.9 5.1
Corporate R&D 3.2 2.9 3.1 3.5 4.0 4.1 4.2 5.1 5.0 6.6 6.6
Development / Commercialisation
Venture capital 0.6 1.2 2.1 3.2 1.6 2.5 2.5 2.4 0.8 1.0 1.3
Manufacturing
Private equity expansion capital 1.0 3.1 3.6 6.7 2.9 5.4 2.4 1.6 1.4 1.6 2.1
Public markets 3.6 9.3 21.4 10.9 12.9 11.2 10.0 3.8 10.1 16.2 12.8
Projects
Asset finance 52.6 84.5 109.8 135.8 120.2 152.9 181.4 163.3 158.0 188.4 199.0
(re-invested equity) 0.1 0.7 3.2 3.6 1.9 4.4 3.4 2.8 1.9 3.7 5.8
Small distributed capacity 10.2 9.4 14.1 22.3 33.5 62.6 75.7 79.3 53.9 60.4 67.4
Total New Investment 72.8 112.0 154.0 182.2 178.7 239.2 278.5 257.3 234.0 273.0 285.9
Merger & Acquisition
Transactions
26.2 35.9 58.7 59.4 64.2 58.5 73.5 67.6 67.1 87.3 93.9
Total Transactions 99.1 147.9 212.7 241.6 242.9 297.6 352.0 324.9 301.1 360.4 379.8
NEW INVESTMENT BY TECHNOLOGY
Solar power 16.1 22.2 38.9 61.6 64.4 103.7 154.8 146.2 119.1 143.8 161.0
Wind power 29.0 39.8 61.2 75.4 79.8 98.7 84.2 81.9 90.6 105.7 109.6
Biomass and waste-to-energy 9.7 11.9 16.2 17.1 14.7 15.7 18.0 13.5 10.5 10.4 6.0
Biofuels 7.3 7.6 6.7 7.6 6.2 7.9 7.2 6.4 5.5 5.5 3.9
Hydropower