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Sebastian Kienle and hep Extend Contract
2014 Ironman Hawaii World Champion Remains Part of hep Sports Team and Reinvests in a Company Solar Funds
“Leaving a World for our Children in Which a Life Worth Living is Possible“
Baden-Württemberg’s solar company and top triathlete Sebastian Kienle renew the partnership. In early 2019, Kienle made a conscious decision favoring a “green“ sponsoring concept and will continue to compete in a green one-piece. At the same time, Kienle invests once again in one of hep’s solar funds.
Sebastian Kienle and the hep Sports Team
The greatest achievements of 36-year-old Sebastian Kienle include the 2014 Ironman Hawaii world champion title, two titles as 70.3 Ironman world champion and three European triathlon titles. After the Covid-19 related mandatory break, Kienle once again strives for a high-ranking position at the Ironman in Hawaii.
Kienle continues to be supported by the solar company hep which has also signed world-class professionals Laura Philipp, Boris Stein, Imogen Simmonds, Maurice Clavel and Daniel Baekkegard in its hep Sports Team. “It is important to us to show our athletes even in a difficult phase such as this one loyalty. Triathlon is a matter close to our hearts and we look forward to athletic competitions soon becoming possible“, says hep founder Christian Hamann who himself pursues triathlon as a hobby.
Kienle invests in solar funds
Since 2008, hep has been developing, building and operating solar parks worldwide and offering investors investments with different terms and risk-return profiles.
In 2019, Kienle already invested in the Alternative Investment Funds (AIF) for private investors and thus indirectly in 16 solar projects in Japan and in the US. The AIF experienced such strong interest that once the planned equity volume of 40 million Euros was reached, the demand could not be met. Investors are pleased with the subsequent AIF „HEP — Solar Portfolio 2 GmbH & Co. geschlossene Investment KG“1, with which they can invest in the worldwide solar market and further the energy transition. In 2019 alone, hep’s company own solar parks avoided over 25 kilotons of CO2 emissions which would have been generated by fossil fuel power plants.
“A good investment is often defined by the risk-return ratio. In my opinion, however, one or maybe the most important category should be sustainability“, explains Sebastian Kienle. “After all, you do not just want to pass money on to your children, but at the same time leave a world in which a life worth living is possible. For me, the HEP – Solar Portfolio 2 offers a good return with manageable risk. In contrast to Bitcoin, for example, whose trading consumes vast amounts of energy uselessly, investing in renewable energies contributes to satisfy our hunger for energy sustainably“.
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