We are all looking for new ways of investing our money. We need it to be interesting enough that we dedicate our time to follow its development and which gives a risk to reward ratio that we’re are happy to accept. A lot of us likely look for ethical and progressive ideas to invest in.
TRINE is an investment opportunity with a built in strategy to bring clean energy to communities in African nations. There is a profit here to be made by investors for-other people’s fortune, not off-of other people's misfortune. Its correct, there’s no typo error. No need to leech off-of the backs of other for this clean idea!
Climate-kic reveal that TRINE are a group of skilled and ambitious people, born our of Gothenburg Sweden and was started back in 2015 as a crowdfunded concept. Since then they have excelled. Today they are taking in 58 million Swedish Kronor ($6.8m) with which they plan to bring clean renewable energy to 66 million people by 2022, as reported by Chalmers Ventures.
Sustainable energy is the focus of the platform. A communities parameter is specified by TRINE then the Solar Photo Voltaic requirement is calculated. A project's budget is then revealed, along with the stats of how many people can be helped and the Co2 saving opportunity after completion.
Its everyday individuels like you and I that make-up the body of investment.
It’s TRINE who have the job of doing the legwork to make sure the project gets to completion and starts performing to generate affordable power for the residents, whilst paying you back your investment with profit.
Risk is moderate to low with the biggest factors being that of locally-born issues; political or social unrest, theft or unforeseen loss of product, being the most notable to mention. But even then, project dependant, TRINE will offer full refund on your original investment amount. How cool is that!
What you get is, in effect, a high interest account ‘with benefits’, and none of the hassle.
Investment has a global reach. A total of over 120,000 people have to date invested with 13 previous projects fully-funded and serving customers and investors. Their current project’s investment goal is their largest to date with a budget totaling $300,000.
I love this idea! I think it’s tenacious, current, and uncomplicated. It gives a damn-good go at bringing together investing, energy systems and sustainable-development. I think that it’s seldom we see organisations who are successful in this area and especially at taking crowdfunding for their ideas and making it work. TRINE are making it work! Sure it doesn't have the volatility of Bitcoin or the volume of Kickstarter, but it’s a strategy lending energy to a larger lucrative idea. It’s different from the concept of Indiegogo where investments most often lead to discounts on products. Its also not like MicroVentures where investors take an equity stake in the company.
TRINE is a simple, project-on-project strategy and the investment can be a direct benefit to all acting agents involved.