In its new report, ‘The Profitability of Green Investments,’ the Polish Economic Institute presents the latest data on investments in energy transition
Date:
August 9, 2025
In its new report, ‘The Profitability of Green Investments,’ the Polish Economic Institute presents the latest data on investments in energy transition.
In 2025, global spending on green technologies will be 31% higher than the average for 2015–2019 and 21% higher than the average for 2020–2024.A total of approximately $3.3 trillion will be allocated to energy investments, of which almost two-thirds will go to green technologies.2015 was the last year in which more was invested globally in fossil fuels than in green technologies. Since then, investment in the latter has been growing almost continuously (with the exception of 2018 and 2020), and its share of total energy investment has increased from 45 per cent in 2015 to 65 per cent in 2025.Despite growing spending on low- and zero-emission technologies, investment in fossil fuels is not declining – in 2025, it is expected to be 18 per cent higher than in the pandemic year of 2020. By comparison, spending on green technologies has increased by 70%, which is more than spending on oil, natural gas and coal.Due to the negative consequences of the pandemic and the energy crisis of 2021-2022, the investment attractiveness of green projects remains lower than that of conventional projects.At the same time, companies in the renewable energy sector generated a more stable return on equity (ROE) in 2015-2024 than oil, gas and coal companies.We encourage you to read the entire report: https://pie.net.pl/inwestycje-w-zielone-technologie-moga.../
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