John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins talks up green investing again, though this time to the Wall Street Journal.

Where the Money Is - Wall Street Journal

Silicon Valley's venture capitalists have embraced green technology in a big way, pouring money into companies developing alternative fuels, fuel-efficient devices and other "clean" technologies. One of the most influential venture firms, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, is devoting about one-third of its investments to green technology.

Solar Bubble to Burst Next Year, Report Says - Earth2Tech

While the solar industry has been shining bright over the past few years, the industry’s forecast isn’t all sunshine, according to a report issued Thursday morning from Lux Research. Even though solar revenues are expected to more than triple to $70.9 billion in 2012 from $21.2 billion in 2007, solar supply will exceed demand as soon as 2009, according to the report.

More on the economic turmoil and cleantech - Greentech Media

Since then that “possible” recession now seems to be hitting in full force, with a lot of pessimism out there at the highest (well, not the VERY highest) levels.

So does that mean the picture’s gotten clearer for those in cleantech venture capital? Nope. If anything, opinions are even more widely cast at this point, showing that no one really knows anything.

Report: Cleantech Investment Robust in U.S., Europe - Environmental Protection

Report Buyer, an online business intelligence provider for major industry sectors, has added a new report showing that the current global market for cleantech products and services is about $284 billion and is expect to grow to more than $1.3 trillion in 2017. Of this amount more, than one-third ($467 billion) is attributable to renewable energy sources, such as biofuels, solar, tidal, and wind power.

FPL jumps into California solar market - Green Wombat

Utility giant FPL has filed plans with California regulators to build a $1 billion, 250-megawatt solar power plant in the Mojave Desert. The move marks the first time that a major player — in this case a Fortune 500 company — has jumped into the nascent Big Solar market.