The facts are stark. Governments across the world need to find an estimated $25,600bn over the next 20 years to finance the infrastructure needed to cope with the global surge in demand for power, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).
It is not a statistic governments will want to hear, particularly at a time when sovereign debt worries stalk the global economy and talk of the dreaded 'double dip' recession dominates discussion in the world's financial centres.
