$100 billion invested in renewable energy in 2006

100 billion poured into renewable energy and energy efficiency in 2006, a 25 percent jump from 2005, reports a new analysis by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).

UNEP anticipates the trend will slow to $85 billion this year.

UNEP says that investors put $71 billion into the sector in 2006 while another $30 billion came from mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts and asset refinancing.

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