Report: 2Q Clean-energy Investment Improves

SANDY SHORE

DENVER (AP) — New global investment in renewable-energy projects showed a glimmer of improvement in the second quarter although the pace remained glacial as investors await stimulus program details, analysts said Friday.

Preliminary data showed second-quarter investment was at least one-third more than the dismal first quarter of $13.3 billion, New Energy Finance, an industry research firm, reported.

"Investment in clean energy companies via the public markets has rallied sharply," New Energy Chief Executive Officer Michael Liebreich said in a statement. "The good news is that it does look as though the worst is past." ...