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The Pew Charitable Trusts’<\/a> latest report gives data on clean energy<\/a> investment and deployment the feel of movie box office rankings or mid-season baseball stats.<\/p>\n The organization considers a variety of categories and measurable figures, pitting nations against one another to answer one question—Who’s Winning the Clean Energy Race<\/em>?<\/a><\/p>\n With so many categories, it’s not the easiest question to answer. Still, a look at the report shows that China<\/a> stands ahead of the rest of the G-20 nations.<\/p>\n China topped worldwide, renewable energy investment in 2013 with $54.2 billion. It also finished first in terms of installed renewable energy capacity with 191 gigawatts (GW). The U.S.’ capacity came in second with 138 GW.<\/p>\n [blackoutgallery id=”329330″]<\/p>\n Overall, clean energy investment fell 11 percent last year to $254 billion. That marks the second straight year of decline after a record investment of $318 billion in 2011.<\/p>\n Phyllis Cuttino, director of Pew’s clean energy program, says that’s not necessarily reason for panic.<\/p>\n “Despite a slow recovery from a global recession and damaging policy uncertainty, the clean energy industry has established itself as a $250 billion component of the world economy,” she said. “While there was an overall decline in investment, there are signs that the sector is reaping the rewards of becoming a more mature industry. Prices for technologies continue to drop, making them increasingly competitive with conventional power sources.<\/p>\n “Key clean energy stock indexes rose significantly in 2013, with public market financing up by 176 percent. Markets for clean energy technologies in fast-growing developing countries are prospering, because these economies view distributed generation as an opportunity to avoid investments in costly transmission systems.” <\/p>\n ——–<\/p>\n YOU ALSO MIGHT LIKE<\/b> <\/p>\n China Installed More Solar Projects in 2013 Than Any Country In Any Year<\/a><\/p>\n The Turbine That Could Transform Wind Energy by Flying the Highest<\/a><\/p>\n