International investors are focusing their attention from wind and solar energy towards biomass, according to a survey done by KPMG. The survey shows us that the amount of transactions in renewable energy has risen by 245% in the first three months of this year, compared to the last three months of last year. The amount of transactions rose from 61 in 2009 to 150 in the first quarter of 2010. In dollars this was a change of 8,8 billion to 14,4 billion dollar in 2010, a rise of 163%. Most of these transactions had to do with solar energy, but the biggest deals were made with wind energy projects.

Of the 250 researched companies who are in renewables over 90% is planning a fusion or acquisition in the next 18 months. The main interest of these companies goes out to an acquisition of biomass producers (40%), next to solar energy (36%) and wind on land (35%). Especially investors in Asia are going to invest in biomass, the survey shows.

The main advantage of biomass is that the fuel supply for the biomass plants is secure for the long run. This gives investors a better potential yield on their investment compared to other sources of renewable energy.

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