Financial Times

European utilities primed for consolidation in shift to renewables

European utilities primed for consolidation in shift to renewables

  • June 27, 2017
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Financial Times

European utilities primed for consolidation in shift to renewables

Julian Critchlow, a partner with Bain & Company, says growth in renewables has created excess capacity of about 25 to 30 percent in the European power sector, depressing profit margins for generators. He predicts mergers of equals through which companies will share synergies from closing uneconomic plants.