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The Cleantech Industry versus the Climate Change Industry

The emergence of the terms cleantech, cleantech industry, cleantech business or cleantech market in recent years has caused investors, governments and companies to be more aware of how thay label themselves or their industries. Environmental Business International, Inc. (EBI), first broadly defined and used the term environmental industry in 1988 and introduced the term climate change industry in 2007.

Nine Segments of the Climate Change Industry

1. Low-Carbon Power: Renewable Equipment, Systems & Power Sales; Project Design & Development
2. Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS): Systems, Equipment and Operations
3. Energy Efficiency & Demand Response: Systems, Equipment, Appliances and Services
4. Energy Storage: Equipment & Systems
5. Green Buildings: Design & Development; Materials & Supply
6. Transportation: Fuels, Vehicles and Supplies; Infrastructure Planning & Design
7. Carbon Markets: Credit & Offset Trading; Project Development & Verification
8. Adaptation: Risk Assessment, Planning, Engineering & Construction
9. Services: Consulting & Engineering; Research

 

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EBI believes that as climate and carbon policy, regulations and market systems are put in place worldwide, the cluster of 9 segments portrayed below will become increasingly responsive to the climate, CO2 or greenhouse gas market driver. The impact of climate policy on the market will increasingly gain in importance relative to existing energy security, environmental, and sustainability drivers that have driven renewable energy and cleantech industries. Portions of EBI's climate change industry are included in versions of the ‘cleantech' industry, a term coined mostly for the benefit of the investment community to resonate with IT or biotech roots. We believe our broader definition of the climate change industry more accurately captures the long-term market fundamentals increasingly driven by climate change policy in the form of market mechanisms and regulation. In addition we at EBI believe that the 9 segments are separate and distinct from the 14 segments of the environmental industry, with consulting & engineering as the only legitimate overlap.

Nine Segments of the Climate Change Industry

1. Low-Carbon Power: Renewable Equipment, Systems & Power Sales; Project Design & Development
2. Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS): Systems, Equipment and Operations
3. Energy Efficiency & Demand Response: Systems, Equipment, Appliances and Services
4. Energy Storage: Equipment & Systems
5. Green Buildings: Design & Development; Materials & Supply
6. Transportation: Fuels, Vehicles and Supplies; Infrastructure Planning & Design
7. Carbon Markets: Credit & Offset Trading; Project Development & Verification
8. Adaptation: Risk Assessment, Planning, Engineering & Construction
9. Services: Consulting & Engineering; Research

 

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EBI believes that the climate change industry is in its infancy in 2010, and while the regulatory engines will fire in fits and starts, they will inexorably bring our 9 segments together into a more closely comparable framework. For example, carbon capture and storage (CCS) developers may not consider themselves directly competitive with tidal power companies or green building supply companies, but increasingly policymakers, investors and companies will see them as more closely related. Also, we believe that climate change policy in 2010, much like environmental policy in 1970 when the U.S. EPA was founded, will evolve pendulum-wise, emphasizing long-term climate issues in some eras and short-term economic issues in others. However, it will not be eliminated or fundamentally derailed for long regardless of political leadership or the trajectory of global negotiations or agreements.

 

EBI has dedicated significant research resources to getting a grip on each of the segments portrayed in the following report sections and dedicates a complete report to the companies that comprise these segments and that have made a commitment to a less carbon-intensive future. This compendium report is called EBI Report 4000 with individual sections numbered to reflect our 9-segment definition of the climate change industry.

 

EBI Report 4000: The Climate Change Industry Report Sections

  • Solar Energy Industry 4110
  • Wind Energy Industry 4120
  • Bioenergy Industry 4130
  • Geothermal 4140
  • Wave & Tidal 4150
  • Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) 4200
  • Energy Efficiency & Demand Response 4300
  • Energy Storage 4400
  • The Green Building Industry 4500
  • Transportation 4600
  • Carbon Markets 4700
  • Climate Change Adaptation 4800
  • Climate Change Consulting 4900