Transition to Clean Energy Fuels M&A January 11, 2021
Andrew Spitzer
Drew Spitzer is a managing director in the Energy, Power & Infrastructure Group at Harris Williams.
The global economy is going through a major energy transition, steadily reducing its reliance on fossil fuels and accelerating its adoption of cleaner, more renewable energy resources. The trends are playing out in M&A with more deals.
The transition to renewable energy supports the increased electrification of the global economy, which, in turn, is driving growth for a host of innovative businesses that seek to capitalize on trillions of dollars of market opportunity.
Despite the economic headwinds of Covid-19, global investment in renewables reached $137 billion in the first half of 2020, a 5 percent increase from 2019, according to