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The Green Year in Review
Geentech investments were up in 2007, as green policies flourished and biofuels suffered in spite of increased funding. And the world's silicon shortage continued to define the solar industry.
by: Jennifer Kho
Bullet Arrow December 31, 2007

All in all, it's been a record-breaking year for greentech.

Oil prices broke all-time highs and neared or passed the inflation-adjusted record -- depending on how you calculate the record set during the oil crisis of 1981 (see Is $90 Oil Good for Greentech?).

Solar and wind installations, as well as biofuel production, soared well beyond last year's records (see Largest U.S. Solar-Electric Installation Completed and Forecast: Strong Winds).

And a consensus of scientists from more than 130 countries called global warming "unequivocal" (see Report Predicts Global Disaster, IPCC Report Forecasts More Trouble and Can Technology Save the World?).

Here are our recaps of the top trends in 2007:

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