The Renewable Energy Party Is Over

After dramatic growth in the early 2000s, global investment in renewable energy plateaued in 2011. What caused the turnaround? What’s ahead for the wind, solar and bio-fuels industries? And where should investors look for energy-related opportunities in the years ahead? We’ll show you.

From 2004 to 2011, global investment in wind, solar, biomass, biofuels, and other green energy grew at a compound annual rate of 26.7%. Then, in and around 2011, many governments abandoned renewables subsidies in favor of cap.....