See Why Sovereign Wealth Funds are Betting on Clean Tech
Posted on 12/24/2020
2021 is approaching and sovereign wealth funds are increasingly taking a deeper look into ESG investing and sustainable investments, particularly in renewable energy. Despite the gloomy coronavirus lockdowns, sovereign wealth funds continue to allocate mounds of capital into clean tech investments. Sovereign investors are backing both new green technologies, while supporting large-scale solar and wind power plants. Even though the majority of European and Gulf-based sovereign wealth funds derive their wealth from fossil fuels, there is a greater need for them to diversify into alternative energy as low oil prices continue to toil. Low oil prices have deeply impacted the budgets of Gulf economies, forcing them faster to rethink their old ways of doing things. For example, Saudi Arabia was forced to lower its budget plan for 2021 by 7% from this year’s. This was due to the coronavirus lockdowns, which imp