In 2023, it was estimated that the global expenditure in the power sector amounted to over one trillion U.S. dollars. Over 50 percent of the total was invested in renewable energy, followed by power grids and energy storage.
Value of power sector investments worldwide from 2019 to 2023, by subsector
(in 2022 billion U.S. dollars)
Characteristic
Renewables
Grids and storage
Fossil
Nuclear
2023*
659
368
106
63
2022
596
352
108
53
2021
517
318
107
45
2020
494
303
107
40
2019
451
304
134
37
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02505007501,0001,2501,500
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