New investment in clean energy technologies, companies, and projects held steady in the second quarter of 2010 at $33.9bn as a drop in investment in European projects was offset by a continuing boom in China and a bounce-back in the US, according to new estimates from research firm Bloomberg New Energy Finance. The quarterly total represented just a 1.5% slip from first quarter 2010, a 3.0% fall from Q2 2009, and came despite the Greek credit crisis, poorly performing public markets, and a sluggish U.S. economic recovery.