Private and public investment in clean energy rose to a total of $147B in the first half of this year — a record-setting figure.

Private and public investment in clean energy rose to a total of $147B in the first half of this year — a record-setting figure.

Exactly two years ago today, President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act, establishing a wide array of clean energy programs meant to supercharge spending on climate solutions.

Investment in clean energy projects — from solar manufacturing facilities to home batteries to hydrogen hubs — has taken off ever since, rising to record heights in the first half of this year.

Across the first six months of 2024, U.S. cleantech investment hit $147 billion, per new data from the Clean Investment Monitor, a joint project from Rhodium Group and the MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research. That’s a more than 30 percent jump from the first half of 2023. The report measures actual investment — not announcements or plans — from both public and private sources.

  • wildbus8979
    21·
    3 months ago

    as opposed to, say, China

    Could you expand on that?

    • takeda@lemmy.world
      8·
      3 months ago

      China also aggressively pursues green energy and wants to be the leader in that field.

      • Nfamwap@lemmy.world
        3·
        3 months ago

        A 21st century green space-race is exactly what we need. Nothing furthers technology better than good old competition. And war. But competition will do.