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Ashish Sinha at Pluggd.in compares Green Technology investments in India and the US on the occasion of Earth Day. Are we really doing enough?

Today is ‘Earth day’ and an apt time to look at state of green tech investments happening in India.

First, a quick look at the US market:

• In 2007 venture investment in the alternative energy market in North America and Europe was $5.18 billion, compared with $3.6 billion the previous year.
• The number of financing deals in the industry increased 15 percent last year to 268, and the average deal size rose 20 percent to $14.7 million,