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The trilemma energy transition solutions are facing

16. April 2024

“Sustainable investments need to repay both monetarily and in terms of energy return on energy invested.”

The trilemma energy transition solutions are facing

Energy transition solutions face a trilemma: They need to be aligned with sustainability, security, and affordability. Danish asset manager C WorldWide Asset Management analysed the market in a whitepaper and found five broad building blocks for reaching the net-zero goal longer term.

“Inexpensive solutions are to be preferred to expensive solutions, while proven technologies are to
be favoured over unproven ones,” says Morten Springborg, Global Thematic Specialist, C WorldWide Asset Management. “Solutions can only be sustainable if the related investments can repay themselves to investors and society, both in monetary form and in terms of energy return on energy invested,” he adds.

Investing sustainably in the energy transition means investing in companies that abide by the energy trilemma.

Download the whitepaper here.