De-risking the energy transition in Europe
Europe’s net-zero transition needs an investment of US$32 trillion by 2050. This requires tripling investments yearly and developing financing strategies.
PwC helps you deliver sustainable, resilient and inclusive capital projects and infrastructure in an uncertain world.
Infrastructure is critical to achieving the world’s climate goals. According to the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), approximately 80% of the world’s current greenhouse gas emissions come from infrastructure.
Our clients—whether they are policymakers, construction contractors, financiers or corporates—have a critical role to play in delivering and maintaining sustainable, resilient and inclusive infrastructure. We understand the unique challenges of your industry, and are ready to help you manage these challenges and capture the opportunities that change brings.
Recent events are having a real impact on infrastructure investment and delivery, creating both challenges and opportunities. The biggest factors driving change include increasing technology adoption, the urgent need for sustainability and growing requirements for operational resilience and security.
Around the world, we help our clients plan, finance, manage and deliver large-scale capital projects and infrastructure. Combining engineering, technology, industry and finance experience and knowledge, our teams work with companies throughout the full lifecycle of their capital projects. Our clients are from both the public and private sectors and include investors, contractors, owners, shareholders and users.
Many countries have long underinvested in infrastructure and must now also repay increased debt accrued during the COVID-19 pandemic. Infrastructure projects will need to be affordable for taxpayers and users, and will need to be stable, or investors won’t be interested in financing them.
Private capital remains plentiful, and regulations and reporting requirements are driving the availability of sustainable financing products. But a majority of infrastructure capital has yet to be invested as investors look for lower-risk opportunities. More private finance is particularly needed in emerging markets. This creates challenges around how to make projects investable and how to create income sources to repay private capital, particularly for climate resilience projects.
PwC can help clients design incentivisation and commercial models and public-private partnerships (PPPs) to help overcome these challenges. We can also help prepare investable projects and finance using a range of financing methods, such as PPPs or blended finance.
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