cleantech

noun

clean·​tech ˈklēn-ˌtek How to pronounce cleantech (audio)
: technology that places an emphasis on environmentally friendly products, services, or practices
At the same time, they hope to keep Europe competitive in the global sector known as cleantech, an area that includes everything from electric cars … to high-capacity batteries and technologies to harvest energy from new sources like waves and tides.Beth Gardiner

Examples of cleantech in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Total spending on investments to install renewable energy, buy electric vehicles, build hydrogen production systems and deploy other cleantech rose 17% in 2023 to $1.8 trillion, according to BloombergNEF data. Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024 Investing in cleantech and renewables may seem like easy money, given the widespread negative impact of climate change, but it’s left some of the biggest investors badly bruised. Paolo Confino, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2023 With the need for clean energy, investors expect companies campaigning for more reliable power to fuel growth in cleantech. Steve Taplin, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023 The commitments this year in semiconductor and cleantech are almost double the commitments made in the same sectors all of last year and get this number: that’s almost 20 times the amount of investment in 2019. How To Save A Country, The New Republic, 27 Apr. 2023 More recently, United States companies have raised double the climatetech investment of Canadian cleantech companies in the past ten years. Ankit Mishra, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023 The law is a part of the administration's agenda to expand domestic manufacturing and encourage the use of cleantech to fight climate change. Theara Coleman, The Week, 11 Jan. 2023 This company backed by European cleantech investor EIT InnoEnergy has recently moved quickly from operating behind the scenes to taking centerstage. Jennifer Jacobs Dungs, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022 Made by local cleantech developer Beam Global, each unit operates independently of the electric grid. Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 May 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1985, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of cleantech was in 1985

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“Cleantech.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cleantech. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.

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