Taxonomies
Clean energy sector taxonomy
Clean Energy Pipeline tracks investment and financing activities in the following clean energy sectors:
- AI / Blockchain / IoT
- Biofuels (Biodiesel and Ethanol)
- Biomass & waste-to-energy (Forestry crops and wood waste; Energy crops; Agricultural residue; Food waste; and Industrial waste)
- Emission Control & Carbon Capture & Storage
- Energy efficiency (Residential; Commercial & Industrial and Transport Energy Efficiency)
- Energy Storage
- Environmental Compliance
- Environmental Remediation & Safety
- Fuel cells
- Geothermal
- Green hydrogen
- Green transportation (Electric vehicles and EV charging solutions)
- Grid infrastructure (Smart grid and Transmission lines)
- Hydro
- Marine (Tidal and Wave)
- Recycling & waste treatment
- Solar (Solar Photovoltaic and Solar thermal)
- Water & waste water treatment
- Wind (Onshore wind and Offshore wind)
Industry sector taxonomy
Clean Energy Pipeline also assigns industry sector to every organisation based on their primary business activity. The industry sector taxonomy is based on the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®).
- Automobiles & Components
- Banking & Finance
- Capital Goods
- Commercial & Professional Services
- Construction & Engineering
- Consumer Durables & Apparel
- Consumer Services
- Consumer Staples
- Electrical Equipment
- Health Care Equipment & Services
- Independent Power Producer
- Information Technology Hardware & Equipment
- Materials
- Media & Entertainment
- Oil & Gas Equipment & Services
- Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
- Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences
- Public Services
- Real Estate
- Retailing
- Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
- Software & IT Services
- Telecommunication Services
- Transportation
- Utilities
Organisation type taxonomy
Organisations in our database are categorised into one of the following types based on their primary business activity.
- Accounting firm
- Asset management company
- Company (non pure-play clean energy)
- Company (pure-play clean energy)
- Education / research institution
- Family office / foundation
- Infrastructure fund manager
- Insurance company
- Investment / commercial bank
- Law firm
- Multilateral development bank
- National development bank
- Non-profit organisation
- Pension fund manager
- Public sector & government
- Sovereign wealth fund
- VC / PE fund manager