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Transitioning to sustainable energy by incumbent utilities: insights from M&As, alliances, and divestments

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  • Eva Niesten
  • Guillermo Pereira
  • Jonatan Pinkse

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Energy utilities play an important role in transitioning to a sustainable energy industry. Data on 8967 transactions by 19 European energy utilities from 1990 to 2019 illustrate when and how utilities invest in sustainable resources and divest traditional resources such as fossil-fuel plants. Utilities transitioning to sustainable energy have greater financial resources and experience with sustainability, are publicly owned, and access sustainable resources of international and inter-industry partners. Utilities adopt a diversified strategy of balancing sustainable and traditional resources.

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  • Eva Niesten & Guillermo Pereira & Jonatan Pinkse, 2024. "Transitioning to sustainable energy by incumbent utilities: insights from M&As, alliances, and divestments," Industrial and Corporate Change, Oxford University Press and the Associazione ICC, vol. 33(5), pages 1123-1157.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:indcch:v:33:y:2024:i:5:p:1123-1157.
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