Energy Transition Investment Trends 2025
Energy Transition Investment Trends 2025
Investment Trends
2025
Abridged report
Executive summary
Global investment in the energy transition hit a record $2.1 trillion in 2024,
Global energy transition
climbing 11% from a year earlier. Mainland China has returned to the driving
seat, accounting for two-thirds of the global increase seen last year. The $2.08 trillion investment in 2024
global clean energy supply chain saw $140 billion in new investment, despite
ongoing struggles with overcapacity. Equity and debt issuances for climate Global clean energy supply chain
and energy transition purposes remained just above $1 trillion. $140 billion investment in 2024
● This report is BNEF’s annual review of investment in the energy transition. This
includes ‘energy transition investment’ (spending to deploy clean technologies),
Total debt and equity raised for
as well as investment in the clean energy supply chain, equity investment in
climate-tech companies, and debt issuance for energy transition purposes.
$1.06 trillion climate/energy transition in 2024
U
interest rate cuts around the world. US
2024 206.2
Meanwhile, we tracked a slight drop in project
Mainland 2023 149.1
+13%
C
debt volumes and stable government energy
China 2024 168.7
transition debt levels.
Supra- 2023 69.6
+8%
S
● These issuances include labeled corporate nationals 2024 75.2 Funding
and government loans and bonds with use of destination:
2023 79.0
proceeds related to the transition, clean
G
Germany -16% Renewable energy
2024 65.9
energy project debt, and general purpose
2023 50.8 Energy storage
corporate debt, with deal values discounted France +33%
F
by issuers’ exposure level to clean energy 2024 67.5 Nuclear
sectors. Labeled sustainable debt accounted 2023 32.8 CCS
Canada C +39%
for 64% of energy transition debt in 2024. 2024 45.7 Hydrogen
● The US and mainland China are by far the 2023 37.6 Electrified transport
Italy -23%
I
biggest markets for energy transition debt. 2024 28.8 Power grids
Both markets grew debt sales last year. 2023 17.1 Other
Europe’s issuances slid by 7% due to slowing Australia +63%
A
2024 27.8
markets such as Germany, Italy and Spain.
2023 22.2
The volume in Africa and the Middle East UK
U
+11%
slumped by 35%. 2024 24.8
2023 36.5
● Many sectors raise debt for the transition – Spain
S
-29%
2024 25.9
clean energy firms only make up 5% of the
total. Utilities are the largest fundraisers.
Governments and financials follow as they Source: BloombergNEF, Bloomberg. Note: Market attribution according to instruments’ market of risk. Funding
subsidize, invest or lend to the value chain. destination estimated based on issuer announced use of proceeds or company revenue exposure. CCS is
carbon capture and storage.
These sections track the types of finance being raised by companies for
climate and energy transition purposes. These funds form some of the
These sections track the types of energy transition-related assets receiving
sources of finance flowing into the assets tracked on the left of this divide –
investment. This can be thought of as gross investment in assets, or capital
though they can also be used for other corporate purposes, including
expenditure.
research, development or operations.
*Reflects table of contents for the full version of Energy Transition Investment
Trends 2025. BNEF clients and Bloomberg Anywhere users can find the full
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Energy transition investment trends: ‘mature’ sectors Energy transition investment trends: ‘emerging’ sectors
$ billion 93% of total $ billion 7% of total
investment 300 investment
2,200
+14.7%
2,000 1,929 Power grids Clean industry
1,800 1,683
-23% Electrified heat
1,600 199
1,357 Electrified 200
1,400
transport 160 Clean shipping
1,200 154
1,043
134
1,000 114
815 Energy storage Hydrogen
800
100
600
CCS
400
Renewable
200 energy Nuclear
0 0
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
● This year’s data shows a clear distinction between sectors where the ● In contrast, ‘emerging’ technologies, where we include electrified heat,
technology is proven, commercially scalable and the business models hydrogen, CCS, nuclear, clean industry and clean shipping, face more
established, and those where the economics are yet to stack up or the fundamental challenges around affordability, technology maturity and
technology is yet to be proven at scale. commercial scalability. These sectors attracted just $154 billion in 2024, or
7% of the total, and together saw a 23% decline in investment.
● ‘Mature’ technologies such as renewables, energy storage, electric
Government policy makers and the private sector have more to do to
vehicles and power grids form the vast majority of energy transition
de-risk these technologies if they are to scale up in time to have any
investment today, and continue to grow strongly despite their maturity.
meaningful impact on emissions by the end of the decade.
These sectors accounted for $1.93 trillion of investment in 2024 and
posted 14.7% year-on-year growth – a healthy rate given the headwinds
seen in the past two years.
Source: BloombergNEF. Note: Start-years differ by sector, but all sectors are present by 2020. The step-change in
2020 is caused in part by the addition of power grids into the scope from that year onward.
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