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Four ‘Pure Play’ UK Solar Investment Trusts

Many investment trusts, companies, or funds focused on renewables invest in a range of different technologies and assets. This diversification can spread the risk. However, there are also ‘pure play’ renewable investments which typically invest in one sector [1]. These are only exposed to one renewable sub-sector, such as wind or solar. These wind or…

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Difference between Market-based and Location-based Scope 2 Emissions

When reporting on their carbon emissions organisations commonly breakdown their emissions using the scope framework: Scope 1: Direct emissions Scope 2: Indirect emissions from the purchase energy Scope 3: Other indirect emissions In brief: scope 1 relates to emissions which “occur from sources that are owned or controlled by the company” [1], scope 2 relates…

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Fifteen Green Investment Trusts: Renewables, Energy Storage, and Sustainable Investments

Below are a list of 15 investment trusts who could be considered green or sustainable investments. There are a mixture of different portfolio types available. Some focus solely on renewable energy assets, some invest in energy storage infrastructure, whilst other invest in a range of environmentally-aligned listed companies. It must be noted, however, just because…

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Net-Zero Analysis Example: Top 3 Wind Turbine Manufacturers

There are many retail/individual investors who are looking to put their money into companies who are transitioning to net-zero or carbon-neutrality. In our last blog we touched on how these investors can identify potential net-zero companies as well as assess the net-zero credentials of a company or a group of companies in a sector. Unfortunately…

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Four Historically Significant Events In The Great Decarbonisation

The Great Decarbonisation [1] will be epoch defining. Human civilization’s relationship with energy will move from burning fossil fuels to harnessing natural renewable energy and the implications of the required changes will be profound. Two hundred years ago the industrial revolution kicked into gear: the factory system, globalised trade; intercity and intercontinental travel by steam;…

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Energy Mix Watch: Fossil Fuel Free Electricity in the UK… At Night

As Storms Ciara and Dennis have battered the UK over the last few weeks they have created a lot of renewable energy, some days up to 44% of the UK’s entire electricity generation [1]. That amount of energy hitting the grid is creating a lot of interesting scenarios for the power network, especially at night….