Infrastructure Transition Monitor Report

From carbon-heavy to climate-ready

Meeting the challenges of industrial decarbonization

Ülemaailmne ülevaade jätkusuutliku tuleviku kohta

Siemens Infrastructure Transition Monitor 2025, mis põhineb 1400 juhi üleilmsel küsitlusel ja mida on täiendatud põhjalike ekspertide intervjuudega, annab põhjaliku ülevaate taristu globaalsest ümberkujundamisest. Selles uuringus uuritakse kolmes erinevas aruandes muudatuste omavahel seotud tugisambaid:

Kuidas energiataristu areng – tänu digitaaltehnoloogiatele – viib edusammude neto-null-tuleviku suunas
Hoonete süsinikdioksiidi vähendamise edusammud, prioriteedid ja probleemid
Tööstussektori edusammud jätkusuutlikkuse suunas

Key findings

Advancing viable industrial decarbonization

Between 2023 and 2025, industrial firms made progress in renewable energy, electrifying heating/cooling, and the decarbonization of core operations. However, the latter remains the least developed of the organizational infrastructure transition goals. In 2025 we find that more organizations have adopted detailed decarbonization plans and science-based targets, but financial pressures have increased: more respondents now say their organization puts cost and revenue considerations first when choosing a decarbonization strategy.

Electrification of everything

Electrification is seen by most industrial firms as the most realistic path to net zero, but many say their ambitions are held back by inadequate grid infrastructure. Firms want smarter grids which can integrate with their own energy assets and operate in close collaboration with the surrounding energy ecosystem. Industrial organizations are working to optimize their electrified operations with AI and digital twins, enabling real-time management, boosting efficiency and resilience.

63% of industrial respondents say:

Digitalization is a critical enabler of the energy transition.

59% of industrial respondents say:

My organization intends to use our energy assets to profit from demand-side flexibility mechanisms.

45% of industrial respondents say:

My organization shows mature or advanced efforts in demand-side flexibility.

Stable, predictable policy is required

Policy uncertainty is a major barrier to industrial decarbonization, with most industrial companies citing it as a growing threat to the energy transition. Stable policy enables long-term planning and capital investment. This gives organizations the confidence to make decisions that involve long-term capital outlay, such as replacing fossil-fuel systems with low-carbon alternatives or investing in on-site energy storage. Yet more than half of industrial sector respondents report that uncertainty about the future energy system is delaying investment in clean energy technologies.

For long-term investment decisions, we need stability to act decisively. The clearer the energy roadmap from governments and utilities, the faster we can decarbonize.

Jan Fassbender, Head of Global Facilities and Engineering, Boehringer-Ingelheim

Partner Insight

The imperative for digital integration

By Jessica Lam, Senior Vice President Sustainability – Sonepar

The race to decarbonize is no longer just about installing greener hardware; it is about how intelligently we manage the flow of energy and data that underpins modern operations. Sustainability today depends on visibility — and visibility depends on digital integration.

Too many organizations are still running on fragmented systems that cannot talk to each other. This leaves them piecing together emissions data from disparate sources, slowing down reporting and limiting their ability to act. Integrated digital platforms change the game. By consolidating product, energy, and CO₂ data in one place, they create a single source of truth that makes sustainability transparent, actionable, and comparable across entire value chains.

Once this foundation is in place, technologies such as AI and IoT reveal their full potential. Predictive analytics can uncover patterns in consumption, while connected sensors enable real-time monitoring of factories, fleets, and offices. Electrical distribution is rapidly becoming digitalized. In this context, Sonepar is transforming into a digital company and aims to become the world's leading B2B electrical equipment distributor offering an omnichannel experience to all its customers.

We are investing €1 billion between 2022-2026 to accelerate our digital transformation. We already see how AI-driven systems improve inventory management, accelerate financing approvals, and enhance customer experience. The same principles can be applied to energy: learning algorithms that anticipate demand, identify inefficiencies, and propose immediate adjustments.

Bringing these advances together can be transformative. Since 2022, Sonepar has invested more than €2.5 billion to modernize our supply chain: construction, distribution and transportation networks, state-of-the-art technologies, automation, and robotics. Our global distribution centers now have automated picking and sorting systems and intelligent energy management systems. Our facilities not only improve throughput and accuracy but also reduce their environmental impact and improve resource efficiency.

Image of Jessica Lam, Senior Vice President Sustainability – Sonepar

The next frontier for many firms is demand response. Global electricity demand is expanding by 4.4% in 2024 and is expected to grow by close to 4% again in both 2025 and 2026. This is much faster growth than previous years – the average from 2015 to 2023 was 2.6%. This puts a lot of capacity pressure on power grids, while they also need to become more dynamic as renewable penetration and behind-the-meter activity rises. Companies must move from being passive consumers to active participants in power grids.

However, to do this, they need systems which can integrate technologies such as energy management software, solar panels, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, battery storage and smart buildings. It underlines how mastering data and advancing digital capabilities is crucial to making decarbonization scalable. The transition is not only about cleaner electrons, but also about smarter decisions, and we now have the tools to optimize both.

Teadusuuringute kohta

Siemens Infrastructure Transition Monitor (ITM) on 2023. aastal iga kahe aasta tagant tehtav uurimisuuring. Nüüd oma teises väljaandes jälgib ITM aja jooksul muutuvat olukorda maailmas üleminekul neto nulltasemele, tuues esile kõige pakilisemad prioriteedid ning ettevõtete ja valitsuste eesseisvad tee. ITM põhineb ülemaailmsel küsitlusel, milles osales 1400 juhti ja tippjuhti nii era- kui ka avalikust sektorist. 2025. aastal valiti küsitlusele vastajaid 19 riigist ja 37 sektorist (aruandluse eesmärgil rühmitatud kaheksa peamisse tööstussegmenti). Uuring tugineb ka valitud juhtide ja ekspertide rühmaga tehtud süvaintervjuudele.

Dr G Ganesh Das, Tata Power Company koostöö ja innovatsiooni juht
Sabine Erlinghagen, Siemensi nutikas infrastruktuuri tegevjuht Grid Software
Jan Fassbender, Ülemaailmsete rajatiste ja inseneriteaduste juht, One Human Pharma, Boehringer Ingelheim
Edmund Fowles, Asutajajuht, Feilden Fowles Architects
Daniela Haldy-Sellmann, SVP ning SAP energia- ja loodusvaratööstuse peadirektor
Thomas Kiessling, Siemensi nutika infrastruktuuri tehnoloogiajuht
Brian ematee, Rahvusvahelise Energiaagentuuri energiatõhususe ja kaasava ülemineku juht
Andreas Schumacher, Infineon Technologies strateegia tegevasepresident, ühinemised ja omandamised
Susanne Seitz, Siemensi nutika infrastruktuuri tegevjuhi hooned
Dr. Sean Woolen, California ülikooli radioloogia ja biomeditsiinilise pildistamise osakonna abiprofessor