Green Power 2020 Investments

Green Power 2020 Investments refers to the analytical work captured in the 2020 edition of the Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment report, which documents how capital is flowing into green power worldwide. Commissioned by the UN Environment Programme and prepared by the Frankfurt School–UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate & Sustainable Energy Finance in collaboration with BloombergNEF, the study has been published annually since 2007. It is supported by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety. The 2020 report analyses renewable energy investment across the full financing continuum, covering government and corporate R&D, venture capital, private equity, public markets, asset finance and M&A transactions. It quantifies commitments by governments and companies to add around 826 GW of new non‑hydro renewable power capacity between 2020 and 2030, at an estimated cost of about USD 1 trillion, and sets these forward commitments in the context of the USD 2.7 trillion already invested in renewables over 2010–2019. It highlights that in 2019 a record 184 GW of new non‑large‑hydro renewable capacity was commissioned on essentially flat dollar investment of USD 282.2 billion, underscoring the impact of falling technology costs. The analysis also details how corporate clean‑power procurement, including RE100 commitments, could drive construction of an estimated 105 GW of additional wind and solar plants by 2030. By linking technology costs, policy targets and financing structures, Green Power 2020 Investments provides investors, policymakers and companies with a quantitative basis for understanding the scale, composition and gaps in global green power investment relative to climate goals.