Accelerating the energy transition

More than just generation

Triodos Renewables Europe Fund offers a well-diversified portfolio of direct infrastructure investments in renewable energy power plants in Europe, allowing investors to participate in the green transition of the energy sector. By contributing to the development of the renewable energy sector the Triodos Renewables Europe Fund aims to increase the share of clean energy in the total energy demand and to reduce CO₂ emissions.

Investment goals
Triodos Renewables Europe Fund aims to accelerate the energy transition with three specific impact goals:

Improve energy efficiency - The fund's investments contribute to a reduction of electricity or heat consumption, measured in avoided CO₂ emissions.
Increase the capacity of renewable energy generation - The fund's investments directly add renewable energy capacity and decrease the carbon footprint of the energy mix. We measure our impact in generation capacity and number of households provided with renewable energy.
Improve flexibility and reliability - The fund's investments enable better management of demand which makes renewable energy, often provided intermittently, more reliable and affordable. Read the case study about SolarAccess to find out how the fund contributes to this goal.

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Impact measurement
In reporting our impact as a sustainable asset manager, we include all the impact of the projects and clients that we finance. In technical jargon this is called the contribution approach.

We used the contribution approach to report the greenhouse gas emissions of our renewable energy portfolio up to 2017. This was previously both practical and, we believe, reasonable. Since 2018, we also include the attribution approach in our carbon disclosures. The above figures are calculated based on the proportion of our finance in a project.

It’s important to note that an attribution approach leads to lower carbon emissions figures than a contribution approach. That is because a contribution approach accounts for all of the emissions from a project rather than a proportion of them. The attribution approach is a more accurate reflection of our responsibility for the greenhouse gas emissions of the projects we finance and is consistent with the PCAF methodology. For a detailed explanation, please read the Triodos Bank Greenhouse Gas accounting methodology.

Triodos public voice
In addition to their role as impact investors, Triodos Bank and Triodos IM also actively contribute to public debate about a sustainable and inclusive energy transition.

Being an acknowledged expert in financing renewable energy projects, Triodos Bank played an active role in the realisation of the Dutch Climate Agreement, chairing the sector platform Electricity and participating in the sector platform Built Environment (chairing the subgroup Financing and Standardisation). Furthermore, our Director Energy & Climate participated in the task force Financing of the financial sector (banks, pension funds, insurance companies and asset managers), discussing the financing of the different parts of the Agreement and contributing to committing the financial sector to the targets of the Paris Climate Agreement and the Dutch Climate Agreement.

Click on a selection of our energy and climate investments.

Muniled: LED lighting up Spanish streets

Energy efficiency is an essential part of any strategy to achieve the goals set by the Paris Climate Agreement. Energy saving in the built environment is indispensable in energy transition for households, SMEs, and commercial, public and social properties.

SolarAccess: Roof-top sun power

Improving energy efficiency and flexibility are important goals of Triodos Renewables Europe Fund. A good example of the fund’s efforts in this regard is its cooperation with SolarAccess. The fund invests in several roof-top solar PVs, developed by this long-term partner for companies, who also directly use the generated energy.

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