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Venture capital seeks solar selectively

Venture capital: More than 1.5 billion U.S. dollars in venture capital flowed into the solar sector this year so far, but what the top line figure does not show is how very selective investors have become when it comes to young solar PV companies.

So far this year venture capital investment in the solar sector is moving at a “good rate,” with about one billion dollars invested in solar in the second quarter of this year. This is twice what was invested in the first quarter, according to Angus McCrone, Chief Editor, Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), which records …

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