Financing The Energy Transition

Highlights from "Mintz's First Annual Energy Transition Summit" on October 6. The event featured panel discussions and conversations with stakeholders from across the energy sector, including C-suite executives from leading energy and energy technology companies, clean energy and sustainable infrastructure investors, and thought leaders with high-level experience in government, nonprofit organizations, and the law.

More than 100 energy sector leaders gathered for Mintz's inaugural Energy Transition Summit to explore the opportunities related to the nationwide shift toward sustainability.

Sustainability-focused investments in the United States topped $1.2 trillion in 2021, with about $1.5 trillion expected by the end of this year, according to the International Energy Agency. Venture capital funding of the space is also robust, with an average of about $10 billion a quarter over the past year-and-half, as reported by Pitchbook.