Ramanathan: Wind and solar returns cannot match oil and gas returns
Shalini Ramanathan · A view of the $1.8 trillion clean energy economy · Feb 22, 2024 · at 9:49
Shalini Ramanathan, director at Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, explains why oil majors struggle to reallocate core capital toward renewables.
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“Wind and solar are becoming commodities where the returns are not anything like what you get in oil and gas.”
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