This statistic displays the investments funding research and development in renewable energies around the world in 2019, broken down by sector. During this year, there was some 6.7 billion U.S. dollars invested into R&D for the solar energy sector.
Research and development investment in renewable energy worldwide in 2019, by sector (in billion U.S. dollars)
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BloombergNEF, & FS-UNEP Collaborating Centre, & UNEP. (June 9, 2020). Research and development investment in renewable energy worldwide in 2019, by sector (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 28, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/519522/investment-in-clean-energy-worldwide-by-technology/
BloombergNEF, und FS-UNEP Collaborating Centre, und UNEP. "Research and development investment in renewable energy worldwide in 2019, by sector (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. June 9, 2020. Statista. Accessed March 28, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/519522/investment-in-clean-energy-worldwide-by-technology/
BloombergNEF, FS-UNEP Collaborating Centre, UNEP. (2020). Research and development investment in renewable energy worldwide in 2019, by sector (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 28, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/519522/investment-in-clean-energy-worldwide-by-technology/
BloombergNEF, and FS-UNEP Collaborating Centre, and UNEP. "Research and Development Investment in Renewable Energy Worldwide in 2019, by Sector (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Jun 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/519522/investment-in-clean-energy-worldwide-by-technology/
BloombergNEF & FS-UNEP Collaborating Centre & UNEP, Research and development investment in renewable energy worldwide in 2019, by sector (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/519522/investment-in-clean-energy-worldwide-by-technology/ (last visited March 28, 2024)
Research and development investment in renewable energy worldwide in 2019, by sector (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], BloombergNEF, & FS-UNEP Collaborating Centre, & UNEP, June 9, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/519522/investment-in-clean-energy-worldwide-by-technology/