Notable clean energy investments for the week of June 8, 2008.

$45 trillion urged in battling carbon emissions “ The International Energy Agency said Friday that investment totaling $45 trillion might be needed over the next half-century to prevent energy shortages and greenhouse gas emissions from undermining global economic growth.”

Clear Skies Solar plans $44 million Californian solar farm “Clear Skies Solar has purchased 34 acres of land in Cantil, California, the planned site of a US$44 million eight MW solar farm.”

DOE Announces $30 Million for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles “Assistant Secretary of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Andy Karsner today announced up to $30 million in funding over three years for three cost-shared Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) demonstration and development projects.”

US Rep. Boucher offers bill to create CCS demonstration fund “US Rep. Rick Boucher, who chairs the House Energy and Air Quality Subcommittee, introduced a bill on Thursday that would establish a private multi-billion-dollar fund to finance large-scale projects designed to demonstrate carbon-capture and sequestration technologies.”

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