Investing in Green technologies

The term “green tech” refers to a collection of technologies with the overarching goal of mitigating or eradicating the destructive effects of human activities on the natural environment. This involves the investigation of new, clean, and renewable sources of Energy to pioneering new, clean materials and discovering techniques to recycle garbage and materials that have already been utilised. There are many different methods to invest in environmentally friendly technologies, such as installing solar panels and wind turbines or sponsoring research on electric vehicles. Green technology may get support from both commercial companies and public institutions. Green technology firms may get subsidies or tax credits from the government, which is one-way governments invest in green technology. Private people can also help green technology businesses by providing them with money.

Green Technology Investments: Various Options

Investors contemplating putting their money into environmentally friendly technology would be well to spend some time learning about the history of the industry, particularly the objectives that form the basis of this constantly expanding subject. These aims are as follows:

• Changes in production and consumption habits are needed to decrease pollution and waste at their sources, which is referred to as source reduction.
• In the context of meeting societal demands, “sustainability” refers to efforts to implement practises that may be utilised endlessly into the foreseeable future without depleting natural resources or causing damage to them.
• Developing environmentally friendly substitutes for existing polluting technology is a primary emphasis of the innovation process.
• Cradle-to-cradle design refers to creating things that may be recycled or recovered, breaking what is known as the “cradle-to-grave” cycle, which refers to the lifecycle of produced goods.
• Viability: The objective is to establish an economic activity centre that focuses on goods and technologies that are good for the environment. This will result in an increase in the rate at which ideas for environmentally friendly products and technologies may be put into action.

Why should a company invest in green technologies?

Let us now go through the main reasons why companies should no longer delay investing in green technology.

Truly helping nature

Going green is the best way to move the world forward. However, actions and steps taken toward sustainability need to make sense before they can be considered successful. One excellent illustration is the transition from using plastic bags to paper bags. To reduce the negative effect our usage of paper bags has on the environment, we need to reuse each bag at least three more times. This indicates that we would do less damage to the environment if we disposed of a throwaway plastic bag properly rather than purchasing a paper bag that gave the impression of being environmentally friendly. The energy sector is typically the sector that contributes the most to air pollution over time. It is also the sector at the very beginning of the whole production chain for carbon emissions. Therefore, if we are serious about helping our planet, we must get to the bottom of the issue as soon as possible. It is undoubtedly the case that emission-free alternatives, such as renewable energy sources and battery storage systems, benefit the surrounding ecosystem. However, they need a thoughtful approach to both their installation and management. In addition, the speed with which these technologies may pay back their carbon debt makes them a useful weapon in the battle against climate change. In our blog, we have already discussed the question of the carbon footprint of renewable energy sources as well as batteries. Even the storage of Energy in batteries may be considered an example of environmentally friendly technology. It does this by providing what are known as regulation services, which means that the battery is allowed to charge when there is an excess of electricity in the power grid and is allowed to discharge when there is a shortage of electricity in the power grid. This helps to reduce the number of carbon emissions that are produced. In this manner, it functions as a replacement for fossil suppliers of regulating services and contributes to maintaining an efficient transmission system.

There is no need to worry about bearing significant upfront fees.

Although investments in environmentally friendly technology might be costly, the returns on such investments are well worth the money. The initial investment in solar panels with battery storage can provide a return on investment of up to three times throughout the battery’s lifetime of around 15 years. When considering the 25 to 30-year lifetime of solar panels, batteries may be replaced at the end of their useful lives with new batteries and new technologies, which will undoubtedly be much more effective and, according to the evolution of battery costs, also be less expensive. Today, a company does not necessarily need access to a large amount of readily available capital to make such an investment. Companies can now buy environmentally friendly technology in the form of an “operating lease” thanks to the new Energy as a Service model (EaaS) introduction, which solves the issue of large upfront expenses. This results in a marginal lengthening of the payback time for the end consumer. Still, in addition to facilitating simpler financial access, all of the challenges associated with administering, servicing, and maintaining environmentally friendly technology are removed.

More autonomy and energy independence

Even a momentary absence of electricity may sometimes result in significant difficulties and financial losses. Businesses that use technology that relies on a constant supply of electricity absolutely need dependable security against power outages. To accomplish this objective, they use either a backup power source that can provide Energy in the event of longer power outages or more responsive technology, such as a UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply), that is able to cover the shorter micro-outages. The diesel generator is the emergency power supply that is called on most often. However, the time it takes to respond might be quite a bit. The reaction time might range from ten to thirty seconds, which is determined by the amount of preheating the generator has received. The battery storage is ready for use in practically no time, and it can act as both a backup source and a UPS. Because it now has its renewable energy source, the firm is in a position to become less reliant on the supply of electricity from the power grid and naturally more Energy self-sufficient.