Q&A: Matt Hammond, Partner, Foresight Group
Foresight manages a wide range of different investment vehicles backed by public and private institutional investors as well as retail investors. These funds have differing investment objectives and quite diverse portfolios.
The Motivations Behind Renewable Energy Investors
While each investor will hold different motivations for what whets their appetite, it may be possible to isolate some areas within the renewable markets that may attract the excitement across the spectrum. Solar PV has soared to new lows, capital and installation costs continue fall and solar power auctions have brought consumers record low prices per kWh. Wind capacity expansion doubled in 2020, with offshore wind farms growing in utility-scale popularity. Green hydrogen, on the other hand, remains a costly ambition.
Financing Renewable Energy in Developing Economies
In 2015 at the United Nations Assembly, 17 Sustainable Development Goals were established. The purpose of the Sustainable Development Goals is to make sure that everyone has a better and sustainable future. One of them was coined SDG7 and aims to ensure that everyone has access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy… Read more.
Ensuring a Just Transition in Emerging Economies
Emerging economy countries face the undeniably huge task to transition their economies to be cleaner and more sustainable. This transition however will impact jobs in fossil fuel-based energy production and could, if not considered from a social perspective, negatively impact millions of individuals in emerging economy nations.
The Potential Of Green Bonds In Emerging Markets
Whilst the green finance revolution is well and truly underway, it risks leaving out emerging markets, including some of the world’s most vulnerable nations to climate change. The Climate Council asks how Green Bonds can affect this and assist the revolution.
Q&A: Roeland Menger, Investment Manager, EDF International
Read our Q&A with Roeland Menger works as Investment Manager at EDF -a French utility- where he focuses on developing projects and strategic investments in sub-Saharan Africa, South-East Asia and the Middle-East. With a past experience in amongst others a finance consultancy and at a Silicon Valley start-up, he comes with a proven track record in project finance, corporate finance and M&A, mainly focused on frontier markets
Q&A: David Maguire, Founder Director, BNRG Renewable
The Climate Council recently approached David Maguire, Founder of BNRG, for insightful perspective on how renewables developers are maximising their rapidly expanding opportunities.
Smart Cities, Adapting to the Future
Smart cities are the solution that may change our idea of how we live and how we can improve our communities, adapting to the unique challenges of the future.
Digitalisation & the Future of Financing
Sustainable finance can be described as taking due account of environmental, social and governance considerations when making investment decisions. This process is intended to lead to increased longer-term investments into sustainable economic activities and projects and lasting benefits to both clients and society at large.
Blockchain: Opening Doors in the Energy Sector
Blockchain is most commonly known as the technology that underpins crypto currencies, the most well-known of which is Bitcoin. But the capability of the technology goes further than just the banking industry as it can also be harnessed to transform the renewable energy industry.
The Bitcoin Boom, What It Means For The Environment
Twelve years after Bitcoin was launched, prices continue to peak and trough. With this recent surge in the price of the cryptocurrency, comes a surge in the amount of electricity it uses. The Climate Council looks at the surprising environmental impact of Bitcoin.
A Gendered Perspective of Renewables in Africa
The Energy Council has looked at renewables projects and programmes across Africa that are actively improving the lives of the women and children in their communities; promoting societal and economic inclusion of this historically disenfranchised demographic