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Investors’ renewed energy: Infrastructure investors are seeing new trends and technologies open more opportunity for investment in renewable energy
- September 1, 2019: Vol. 12, Number 8

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Investors’ renewed energy: Infrastructure investors are seeing new trends and technologies open more opportunity for investment in renewable energy

by Joel Kranc

The way the world looks at energy consumption, production and distribution is changing. Sustainable energy that can help prevent or even reduce the effects of climate change, and other catastrophic environmental events, is being considered more seriously by many of the world’s industrialized nations.

In its 2017 report Investing in Climate, Investing in Growth, the OECD noted that investment needs for infrastructure are estimated to be about $6.3 trillion annually between 2016 and 2030. Taking into account the additional needs to reach a below 2°C temperature goal, the estimate increases by 10 percent to $6.9 trillion. Even though public finance is certainly used to facilitate investment, larger scale investments will need to come from other sources, the OECD explains.

With all this commitment needed and the opportunities available, how are the markets and financing for institutional investors changing?

“Over the past 20 years, we have been ramping

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