New Energy & Sustainable Infrastructure
Aiming to generate long-term returns through investments in sustainable infrastructure and supporting the shift from finite resources to clean energy.
Aiming to generate long-term returns through investments in sustainable infrastructure and supporting the shift from finite resources to clean energy.
Our New Energy & Sustainable Infrastructure investments are focused on transformative technologies and industries that we believe will deliver strong financial returns alongside supporting the transition to a more sustainable world.
Our investments directly address key sustainability challenges and provide innovative solutions that enable a new, more sustainable, way of living. We seek a positive impact while also achieving strong risk-adjusted financial returns.
Key documents
Areas within which we source investable solutions include:
The transition to a low carbon energy system is a global challenge: we seek to invest in projects that enable the transition to renewably-sourced electricity and the electrification of other energy-intensive segments of the economy which have typically been fuelled by oil & gas (such as heating and transportation). Specifically, we invest in renewable energy projects (solar and wind) and lead the UK in the area of utility-scale energy storage which addresses the intermittent nature of renewable energy generation.
Pollution and waste: we invest in projects that help to sustainably manage waste from all areas of the economy, often diverting waste from landfill or providing alternative end uses to waste by enabling reuse, recycling or conversion to low-carbon heat and energy. These initiatives typically make an active contribution to the circular economy in line with the global sustainability agenda.
Agricultural Technology Infrastructure (Agri-tech): there is an opportunity to restore swathes of our country’s natural habitats through investment in Agri-tech projects such as vertical farming or aquaculture that make much better use of both land and water while also reducing chemical use and ‘food miles’ and associated pollution and emissions.
Alongside our investment management capability, our TradeRisks business is also able to offer solutions for financial sponsors and developers of all real assets including:
- Debt Arrangement and Placement: Bonds (including US PP), Syndicated Loans
- Infrastructure Hedging Advisory
- Strong Expertise in European projects: Renewable Energy, TMT, Transportation, Oil & Gas and Infrastructure
Why invest in New Energy & Sustainable Infrastructure?
The infrastructure and new energy sectors offer appealing characteristics to buy-and-hold investors providing stable, long-term investments, often within regulated frameworks.
Most areas of New Energy & Sustainable Infrastructure require significant investment over the long term and create the opportunity for investors to deploy into scalable investment themes over the next decade and beyond.
Investments generally benefit from;
- Downside protection substantial asset-backing
- Attractive long term cash flow yields which may be inflation-linked
- Investments with a material positive social and environmental impact
- The potential for capital growth
- Returns with a low correlation to the broader economy or financial markets

The UK’s approach to electricity generation is undergoing fundamental change, shifting from coal and gas-fired power stations towards an energy mix dominated by renewable energy. The UK has an ambition to achieve net zero carbon by 2050.
Our team has successfully invested in this rapidly changing energy landscape, despite regulatory uncertainty and complex risks, focusing on ground-mounted solar, onshore wind and utility-scale energy storage.
Using our team’s deep technical and investment expertise, the strategy has delivered sustainable, attractive yields for our investors, whilst preserving capital.


Infrastructure shapes the way we live and work, what we eat and how we travel and communicate and enjoy our leisure time. Sustainable infrastructure in the UK remains an area that requires further investment and is critical to the future economic growth and societal health of the country.
We see Sustainable Infrastructure as a new concept which places the emphasis on our pressing need for new infrastructure that would allow a more sustainable way of life. We at Gresham House are seeking to invest in real asset based solutions to key environmental and societal problems. Themes such as resource efficiency, transition to low carbon industries and environmental and societal health feature strongly and align the strategy with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. We believe that new, innovative infrastructure not only supports a sustainable way of life, but that sustainable investing is the best way to drive long-term returns for our investors.
Our infrastructure exposure is to projects that are asset-backed and income-generating whilst also delivering a positive social and/or environmental impact. We actively consider all positive and negative externalities to ensure we do not invest in assets that may one day not be fit for purpose in a carbon neutral and sustainable world – mitigating the risks of owning stranded assets.
The investment team’s extensive industry experience, sustainability knowledge and network of contacts and advisors positions us well to realise the best value over the long term.
How can I invest in New Energy & Sustainable Infrastructure?
Investors can access Gresham House’s New Energy & Sustainable Infrastructure investment opportunities in four ways: listed vehicles, Unregulated Collective Investment Schemes (UCIS), direct investment or co-investment.
For information, please contact:
Heather Fleming, Head of Institutional Business
+44 (0)20 3873 5908
h.fleming@greshamhouse.com
Catriona Buckley, Institutional Business Development Director
+44 (0)20 3903 0573
c.buckley@greshamhouse.com
Anthony Crosbie Dawson, Investment Manager
+44 (0)1451 843 096
a.crosbiedawson@greshamhouse.com
For information about our debt and corporate advisory services, please visit:
Our New Energy & Sustainable Infrastructure funds
Gresham House Renewable Energy VCT 1 plc
Seeks to invest in a portfolio of unquoted companies that specialise in long-term renewable energy projects and energy developers.
Gresham House Renewable Energy VCT 2 plc
As with VCT 1, seeks to invest in unquoted companies specialising in long-term renewable energy projects and energy development.
Gresham House Energy Storage Fund plc (GRID)
Gresham House Energy Storage Fund plc owns a growing portfolio of utility scale operational energy storage systems (ESS) located in Great Britain.
Gresham House BSI Infrastructure Fund
Institutional and professional
investors only.
Private fund focused on less-competitive smaller investments which deliver superior returns with a material positive social and environmental impact.
UCIS, direct investment & co-investment
In addition to our listed funds, the Gresham House New Energy & Sustainable Infrastructure team manages investment vehicles classed as unregulated collective investment schemes (UCIS). These are subject to restrictions on promotions to investors.
In order to receive information on these funds you must:
- Be an investment professional authorised to advise on UCIS; or
- Have completed a suitability assessment (CFIF)* and been deemed by Gresham House as suitable and appropriate to invest in these funds due to being either a Certified High Net Worth Investor or a Self-Certified Sophisticated Investor; or
- Be a Certified Sophisticated Investor; or
- Be an Eligible Counterparty or Professional Client, as set out in the FCA Handbook.
* Client Financial Information Form


Direct investments:
Gresham House offers investors access direct investments in renewable energy assets, which are subject to restrictions on promotions to investors.
For more details, please contact:
Anthony Crosbie Dawson, Investment Manager
+44 (0)1451 843 096
a.crosbiedawson@greshamhouse.com
Please download our Terms of Business.
By completing and signing this form you grant Gresham House permission to act on your behalf in the acquisition of forestry or renewable properties.
Co-investments:
For information on Sustainable Infrastructure co-investment opportunities with Gresham House, please contact:
Heather Fleming, Head of Institutional Business
+44 (0)20 3873 5908
h.fleming@greshamhouse.com
Catriona Buckley, Institutional Business Development Director
+44 (0)20 3903 0573
c.buckley@greshamhouse.com