Chinese companies are primed to capitalise on a vast global wave of investment in clean energy infrastructure in the coming decades, as they are able to deploy solutions at a scale and cost that few can match, analysts said.<\/p>\n
With China already rolling out green technologies \u2013 from wind and solar power to electric cars and batteries \u2013 at a massive scale domestically, its firms have the resources and know-how that other countries need to reduce their reliance on coal-fired power plants and gas-guzzling vehicles, they added.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s going to be significant upside potential for Chinese companies that are well positioned to benefit from the billions \u2013 possibly trillions \u2013 of dollars that will be spent on new infrastructure development around the world in the decades ahead to mitigate against the effects of climate change,\u201d said Eric Olander, editor-in-chief at The China-Global South Project.<\/p>\n
\u201cChinese companies have the capacity to produce renewable energy products at a cost and scale that are unrivalled,\u201d added Olander, whose organisation is a non-profit research firm.<\/p>\n
The G20\u2019s Global Infrastructure Hub estimated in 2017 that the world would need US$94 trillion of infrastructure investment by 2040 to support economic growth and close infrastructure gaps.<\/p>\n