Investors are betting $21 billion that the energy transition isnt going away | TechCrunch

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- Investor sentiment, judging by the size of two new funds, remains strong.
- Since 2014, large LPs like pension funds and endowments have committed nearly $1 trillion to the energy transition.
- Renewable capacity worldwide is expected to double by 2030, led by solar installations in China, India, the EU, and Subsaharan Africa.
- Analysts at DNV expect that renewables will provide 65% of the world’s electricity by 2040 and nearly all of it by 2060.
The energy transition is seemingly under assault, with Congressional Republicans killing tax credits for clean energy and the Trump administration threatening to cancel billions of dollars worth of g [+3339 chars]