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Clean Investment Monitor: Global H1 2026 Update
In the first half of 2026, global clean investment was 17% below the same period in 2025 and roughly in line with levels recorded in the first half of 2024.
Xinyu Zheng
Research Analyst
Xinyu Zheng is a Research Analyst with Rhodium Group’s China Data Services team, focusing on clean technologies and policies.
ChinaXinyu supports Rhodium Group’s Global Clean Investment Monitor and other proprietary databases, with a focus on China. Before joining Rhodium, she worked as a Research Assistant for the Environmental Impact Data Collaborative project at the Massive Data Institute at Georgetown University, where she contributed to the development of the Environmental Justice Database, the IRA Federal Spending Tracker, and the Wetland Impact Tracker.
Xinyu holds a Master’s degree in Public Policy from Georgetown University and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Beijing Foreign Studies University. She is fluent in English and Mandarin.
Research by Xinyu Zheng
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Worlds Apart: Contrasting US-China Approaches to Scaling Clean Technology Manufacturing
Global clean tech manufacturing investment has moderated after a decade of extraordinary growth. China and the US were the primary drivers of that rise and the subsequent pullback—though the nature of each country's decline differs significantly.
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Clean Investment Monitor: Tracking Global Clean Technology Investment
Clean Investment Monitor: Tracking Global Clean Technology Investment
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The Global Investments Powering China’s EV Push
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