There is a reason why this business exists… because it’s not easy making cash as a small scale investor from the renewable energy revolution

The issues around renewable energy revolve around the fact that it is a less easily available source of profits for a small scale investor when compared to the oil and gas and mining industries.

In the case of these extractive industries a relatively modest team of explorers can do as little as prospect for oil, drill said area and then reap the profits. Once a small oil explorer reaches a modest size they typically sell their assets to larger companies.

A similar process takes place in mining, another extractive industry. Once a gold mine or coal mine has found sizeable quantities of a valuable commodity, the process to monetisation is a simple one.

The problem for investor in the renewable energy sector is that on the one hand the sector is littered with frankly awful investments.

Unregulated schemes selling the promise of a 10% return via wind turbines and solar farms. These are often very small scale operations and certainly raise any eyebrow. Investors should avoid any financial promotion/offering that is not FCA regulated as there is normally a reason why the companies behind it have not opted for FCA regulation.

On the other hand schemes that are building solar panels and wind turbines on a small scale often lack the capital and size if things go wrong.

The cleantech sector as a whole has seen numerous failures from companies that promise the moon. In the case of the solar sector while the drop in the price per kilowatt hour and the dramatic reductions in manufacturing costs has bolstered the hopes of the solar revolution, in general there have been numerous start ups have faltered.

Wind power is a different prospect. The offshore wind sector in Northern Europe has made gains in the past ten years that have led to fortunes for those involved in the manufacturing and sale of wind power technology.

However to meet the goals of the Paris Accords and prevent a total breakdown in the climate, and civilisation itself, we need to see a war footing level of spending and investment in wind, solar and related technologies.

Since many of the smaller projects may take years to gain ground and have relatively modest aims, it is a far more effective use of investor capital to place money into the successful and profitable wind, solar and renewable energy companies that have proven themselves on a large scale, that have the supply chains to build giant projects, and which are far less likely to lose investors capital.

It is critical that renewable investments be both profitable, or at the very least stable investments. There are investments in the renewable energy/smart power space which have enormous scale, fast growth and piles of cash.

For an investor to help companies like these roll out renewable technologies worldwide is essential considering the possibilities that would arise should some of these businesses become Google or Facebook- like in size.

It is our intention to help investors of any scale to make profitable and successful investments in proven businesses, through the equity market. With a concerted effort we believe that harnessing the power of the retail investors in the developed world together with the capital of some of the biggest institutions on earth we can implement a change that governments have to date struggled with.

On the other hand, while the scope of our mission (leading a renewable energy revolution/preventing a climate breakdown and helping investors generate stable incomes) is an immense one, the efforts required to achieve it are relatively humble.

We simply need to engage with investors at both the consumer and institutional level to achieve our goals.