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Members articles from the renewable industry

Top 5 Women-Founded CleanTech Companies Driving the Energy Transition

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A previous study from the PEW research centre has shown that women are more likely to consider climate change as a serious threat than men. The study has shown that women believe that lifestyle changes need to be made to combat climate and are more likely to make eco-friendly consumer choices.

Q&A: Fanglu Wang, Managing Director, CITIC Capital

Executive Interview

During this years Climate Council Disrupt that was held in Dubai in May we got to talk to Citic Capital’s Managing Director, Fanglu Wang.

Fanglu Wang has over 25 years of experience in capital markets, corporate finance, financial engineering and risk management.

Power Purchase Agreements in the USA: The Pros and Cons of the PPA

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The United States has seen a cumbersome rise in the cost of power purchase agreements (PPAs) during recent years. Prices have gone up by 9.7% in the first quarter of 2022 and have represented a 28.5% increase year on year. Supply chain issues such as supply and demand volatility in the market and regulatory issues caused by independent service operators have caused this massive price increase.

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Q&A: Paula Singliarova, Head of Sustainability and Stewardship, Arabesque Asset Management

Executive Interview

Q&A: Paula Singliarova, Head of Sustainability and Stewardship, Arabesque Asset Management to discuss how her sustainability function sits in between investments, business development and strategy. How her main responsibilities are overseeing proxy voting and engagement activities, working with the investment team on integration of sustainability scores in the investment process, monitoring latest sustainability news and of course, you can’t escape sustainability reporting…

Private Equity in Clean Energy – The year’s most exciting transactions thus far

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The global renewable sector has matured it has seen many challenges, many great successes and has established a market that can compete with traditional avenues of energy production. Yet, the global energy crises defining the global economy, have created a moment for pause among many private equity investors as to whether or not renewables can provide the returns they were once used to with oil and gas. Despite such uncertainties, private equity investors committed to the energy transition have been sourcing projects that have potential to rapidly grow and assist in achieving the vision for a net-zero future.

Q&A: Ghada Rahal, Senior Engineer – Sustainability, Enova by Veolia

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Earlier this month, the Climate Council’s Kamogelo Motse sat down with Ghada Rahal, Senior Engineer – Sustainability at Enova by Veolia. Ghada took the time to speak with Kamo about her work in the clean energy sector, the importance of highlighting women in the sector and how important women are to advancing the energy transition. We ended off the Q&A with Ghada giving advice to young women who would want to pursue a career in sustainable energy. Enjoy the interview!

Q&A: Thokozile Zambane, Partner & Chief Operating Officer, BAYAKHA Infrastructure Partners

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BAYAKHA Infrastructure Partners flagship fund, the Bayakha Economic Infrastructure Fund expects to make equity and empowerment financing/structured equity investments into eight to ten qualifying, brownfield and late-stage greenfield renewable energy and other economic infrastructure projects (such as water, transport and ICT) in South Africa (SA), primarily, and to a lesser extent, select parts of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)

Q&A: Bo Bai, Chairman & Founder, Asia Green Fund

Executive Interview

Our latest Q&A gives a spotlight toBo Bai, Chairman & Founder, Asia Green Fund & MetaVerse Green Exchange. “As an impact-driven private equity firm that is aligned with UN-SDG goals, we aim to create a lasting green impact to communities in China and throughout Asia by staying disciplined with our investment approach and focus.”

Q&A: Hulisani Neswiswi, Managing Director at Trilemma Impact Investments

Executive Interview

Our latest Q&A gives a spotlight to Hulisani Neswiswi, Managing Director at Trilemma Impact Investments -driving sustainable investments in South Africa. “The idea was to answer the question of – what if the energy transition, can be used to challenge income inequality, through increasing local participation in the development, ownership and management of this current and subsequent waves of energy projects?”

Industry Survey Report 2022

Expert Insight

What does the future hold for the Renewable Energy Industry? As we move into 2022, we surveyed our network to find out their thoughts.