Does renewable energy have a Trump card?

Four factors which investors should consider

Georgina Laird, sustainable investment analyst at Kames Capital, analyses how worried the renewable energy industry and those that invest in it should be following Trump's victory last month.

Few groups are viewing the prospect of a Trump presidency with as much apprehension as those involved in clean energy and climate change initiatives. After China, the US is the world's second largest contributor to greenhouse gases, with 16% of global emissions. There's concern that, should the US back away from its clean energy commitments, global momentum on climate change will stall. Trump has repeatedly debunked the concept of climate change, claiming it is a ‘hoax', stating he will end US participation in the Paris Agreement and abolish Obama's Clean Power Plan. What will be t...