European power investment summit 2025: highlights and perspectives

On 4th November, Wood Mackenzie hosted its first European Power Investment Summit in London, bringing together a senior audience and expert panellists from across the energy value chain – including financial institutions, investors, developers, utilities, professional services, and manufacturers. Throughout the day, our specialists shared insight from Wood Mackenzie’s power and renewables research and facilitated absorbing panel discussions. In these notes, we present key takeaways from the event, outline the defining characteristics of current investor sentiment, and capture participants’ perspectives on the major themes, emerging opportunities, and uncertainties shaping decarbonisation in Europe’s power sector.