Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2012

The following renewable energy projects are included: all biomass and waste-to-energy, geothermal, and wind generation projects of more than 1MW; all hydropower projects of between 1MW and 50MW; all wave and tidal energy projects; all biofuel projects with a capacity of one million litres or more per year; and all solar projects, with those less than 1MW estimated separately and referred to as small-scale projects, or small distributed capacity, in this report. The 2012 Global Trends report concentrates on renewable power and fuels and does not cover energy-smart technologies such as smart grid, electric vehicles and power storage – except in the box at the end of Chapter 2.