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Climate change worries coupled with high oil prices and increasing government support top a set of drivers fueling soaring rates of investment in the renewable energy and energy efficiency industries, according to a trend analysis from the UN Environment Programme.

The report says investment capital flowing into renewable energy climbed from $80 billion in 2005 to a record $100 billion in 2006. As well, the renewable energy sector's growth "although still volatile ... is showing no sign of abating.“ Increasing investment in renewable energy is evidenced by $71 billion invested into companies and new sector opportunities in 2006, a 43% jump from 2005 (and up 158% over the last two years. The trend continued in 2007 with investments estimated at $85 billion).

BP is to fund a $9.4 million project in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh to demonstrate the feasibility of producing biodiesel from Jatropha curcas, a non-edible oil bearing crop. The project, will cultivate around 8,000 hectares of land currently designated as wasteland with Jatropha and install all the equipment necessary for seed crushing, oil extraction and processing.

Under the terms of the agreement, BP and D1 Oils intend to invest around $160 million over the next five years. D1 Oils will contribute into the joint venture their 172,000 hectares of existing plantations

With airlines, express trains, and limousine services, his company's contribution to global warming worries him, so along with investing $3 billion in alternative fuels over the next four years, he's also hard at work developing a new kind of fuel. Down the line, say Branson and Imperium Renewables CEO John Plaza, biofuel producers are more interested in Jatropha, a thorny plant that grows well on non-agricultural land in Latin America and Africa.

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