Clean Energy Market
While most industries, especially in the technology sector, are seeing sluggish or negative growth, many clean energy technologies are experiencing double-digit annual growth rates.
Climate change concerns, coupled with high oil prices, peak oil, and increasing government support, are driving increasing renewable energy legislation, incentives and commercialization. New government spending, regulation and policies helped the industry weather the 2009 economic crisis better than many other sectors. Industry analysts estimate that globally, companies and governments will invest $200 billion in renewable energy in 2010, up nearly 50 percent from $130 billion in 2009 and above the $155 billion invested in 2008.
Renewable or Clean energy is energy which comes from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat, which are renewable (naturally replenished). In 2008, about 19% of global final energy consumption came from renewables, with 13% coming from traditional biomass, which is mainly used for heating, and 3.2% from hydroelectricity.[1] New renewables (small hydro, modern biomass, wind, solar, geothermal, and biofuels) accounted for another 2.7% and are growing very rapidly.[1] The share of renewables in electricity generation is around 18%, with 15% of global electricity coming from hydroelectricity and 3% from new renewable.
Sterling Waterford is committed to investing in and applying investment banking to these transactions for maximum return for investors and underlying shareholders.
Sterling Waterford recognises that its strengths lie in structuring and trading a position in an investment in the Clean Technology market and aims to continue a partnership with firms who can provide operational expertise contiguous with the financial expertise of Sterling Waterford.
As such it is the aim of Sterling Waterford's clean energy investment strategy to be able to provide innovative financial structures in the business development and early commercialization stages of clean energy investment and to enhance the investment returns, and as a result have access to an above-market return profile through these investment structures.
Climate change concerns, coupled with high oil prices, peak oil, and increasing government support, are driving increasing renewable energy legislation, incentives and commercialization. New government spending, regulation and policies helped the industry weather the 2009 economic crisis better than many other sectors. Industry analysts estimate that globally, companies and governments will invest $200 billion in renewable energy in 2010, up nearly 50 percent from $130 billion in 2009 and above the $155 billion invested in 2008.
Renewable or Clean energy is energy which comes from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat, which are renewable (naturally replenished). In 2008, about 19% of global final energy consumption came from renewables, with 13% coming from traditional biomass, which is mainly used for heating, and 3.2% from hydroelectricity.[1] New renewables (small hydro, modern biomass, wind, solar, geothermal, and biofuels) accounted for another 2.7% and are growing very rapidly.[1] The share of renewables in electricity generation is around 18%, with 15% of global electricity coming from hydroelectricity and 3% from new renewable.
Sterling Waterford is committed to investing in and applying investment banking to these transactions for maximum return for investors and underlying shareholders.
Sterling Waterford recognises that its strengths lie in structuring and trading a position in an investment in the Clean Technology market and aims to continue a partnership with firms who can provide operational expertise contiguous with the financial expertise of Sterling Waterford.
As such it is the aim of Sterling Waterford's clean energy investment strategy to be able to provide innovative financial structures in the business development and early commercialization stages of clean energy investment and to enhance the investment returns, and as a result have access to an above-market return profile through these investment structures.