Google: "Clean Energy Innovation Could Have Huge Payoff"

Google is a company that tends to put its money where its mouth is: They invested around half a billion dollars in various clean energy projects, some at the commercial deployment level, while some are at the R&D stage, and they've often stressed the important of clean energy in their various communications.

Most Companies Plan to Ramp Up Strategic Cleantech Investments

Around 75 percent of international companies plan to increase their investments in clean technology ventures, according to a new report by Ernst & Young that polled 300 companies across all sectors.

Global LED Market Doubled Last Year

The global high-brightness LED market doubled last year, jumping from $5.6 billion in 2009 to $10.8 billion in 2010. That marks a 93 percent growth rate, according to Strategies Unlimited, an LED market research firm. LEDs are championed within cleantech as energy-efficient, longer-lasting lights. But their costs are still not completely cost-competitive, a factor in the heated debate over whether the U.S.