Innovation-driven, strategic insight, industry transformation

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Empowering people-centered energy transformation

PwC has deepened its expertise in China’s energy and utilities sector. Leveraging global perspectives and local insights, we help our industry clients achieve steady transformation and long-term value growth amid systemic shifts in the energy landscape and cycles of high-quality development.

We deeply understand the evolving trends in China’s energy and utilities sector—shifting from “traditional energy dominance” to “accelerated clean energy transition,” from “centralised energy supply” to “collaborative smart energy network upgrades,” and from “traditional utility operations” to “digital governance + sustainable development integration.”​

Leveraging extensive global experience and systematic service capabilities in energy and infrastructure, PwC assists organisations including power, heat, water, natural gas, and integrated energy service providers. We deliver comprehensive solutions spanning strategic planning, operational optimisation, capital and risk management, digital transformation, sustainability, and regulatory compliance. This enables clients to stay ahead of the curve and build new core competencies.


Our industry expertise

PwC’s Energy and Utilities team spans markets globally, comprising seasoned experts. Leveraging deep industry knowledge and cross-disciplinary collaboration, they maintain close partnerships with leading energy and utilities clients worldwide. Beyond professional consulting, they actively engage in co-creation of value with clients.

Through long-term collaboration with Chinese Mainland clients, PwC has developed unique local insights and accumulated specialised knowledge. Integrating global best practices, we are guiding strategic direction with foresight and driving transformation through innovation. We empower Chinese Mainland’s energy and utilities clients to achieve a strategic leap from “supply assurance” to “structural innovation” within the evolving global energy landscape, solidifying their developmental foundations while building differentiated core competencies.


How we can help

The power sector is evolving rapidly. We help you keep up—building resilience, adapting to policy shifts and unlocking new growth. It’s not just about keeping the grid running. It’s shaping the future of energy.

Building trust in energy

“Speed + Trust”: steadily advancing energy transition

Consumer trust in the energy sector has remained stable in recent years. However, industry transformations—such as smart grids, distributed energy, and AI-driven energy operations—may pose risks to consumer confidence, requiring careful navigation. We will help you balance the pace of transformation with maintaining consumer trust to achieve steady growth.

Net-zero transformation

Capturing growth value in the net-zero transition

As a core emitting sector, the energy industry’s net-zero transition hinges on three critical actions: renewable energy integration, energy efficiency improvements, and new energy infrastructure investment. Our transformation acceleration solutions will help you align with industry developments and proactively seize emerging opportunities.

Customers as energy partners

Customers as partners, building reliable power supply together

From grid-connected sales of household distributed solar power to participation in energy storage, downstream customers of power companies are increasingly becoming core participants in the energy value chain, playing a critical role in ensuring stable power supply. We help you effectively navigate new supply-demand dynamics, break away from traditional customer relationships, implement new collaborative models, and build a “partner ecosystem” to guarantee reliable power supply.

Data-driven decisions

Data-driven, smart decision-making

Ensuring grid stability, optimising cost efficiency, and enhancing customer experience are key operational priorities today. Especially amid massive data growth, enterprises must anticipate trends and foresee issues. Leverage real-time, accurate data-driven decision tools to win the future. We help you deploy AI, big data analytics, and data insight tools to strategically build future-ready, efficient operational systems and intelligent decision-making frameworks.

Hydrogen’s potential

Charting new pathways for emissions reduction, unlocking green hydrogen potential

Green hydrogen technology holds promise for emissions reduction across numerous carbon-intensive industries. However, its high production costs and infrastructure gaps pose challenges to widespread adoption. We will help you—seize market opportunities in green hydrogen technology development, navigate policy dynamics, secure funding support, and resolve supply chain challenges—to steadily advance your energy transition strategy.


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Arthur Wang

Arthur Wang

Partner, PwC China

Tel: +[86] (512) 6273 1998

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