The Cleantech Group and Sustainable World Capital released an analysis of the top 10 cleantech countries of 2009, naming Denmark as the global leader in cleantech.
The report rated Germany as #2, Sweden #3, the UK #4 and Israel #5. The US was ranked #7 and ethanol giant Brazil was unranked.
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galonga | Oct 12, 2009 | Reply
Brazil´s involvement with cleantech and green preservation goes back to the 1800.
However, the country sells itself so poorly that nobody knows about its achievements in those fields.
It´s no wonder that we see rankings like these: it makes you wonder if at the end this is just a game of marketing and advertising.
And we all know what happens when we create a market based on hollow premises: dotcom bubble anyone?