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EUROPE - Environmental infrastructure: high returns, low risk?

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Combining the low risk profile of traditional infrastructure investing with the potentially high returns from clean tech investing can prove a winning formula, argues Jamie Richards, partner at Foresight Group, in a recent video interview with unquote" . To view the video, please click here .

"By working in a way that minimises construction risk or does away with developing risks, [renewable energy infrastructure] can be structured to have a similar risk profile to traditional infrastructure assets but can generate higher returns," notes Richards, who was speaking to Southern Europe unquote" editor Francinia Protti-Alvarez.

The interest in clean-tech investments has grown parallel to the rise of climate change on the world agenda. Particularly, fund managers now see increased LP appetite for this type of investing. However, explaining the various risk profiles of different sub-sectors within environmental investing can prove challenging.

Recently, the most attention has been directed towards projects within solar and wind energy. Some predict that opportunities with carbon capture and storage could be equally interesting for private equity investors.

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