PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

Property, plant and equipment [abstract]

The company’s property, plant and equipment relates to the operating segments as shown below:


AS AT AND FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUN. 30, 2021 (MILLIONS)	Renewable Power		Infrastructure		Real Estate		Private Equity and Other		Total
Balance, beginning of period	$	45,206	$	32,167	$	8,432	$	14,204	$	100,009
Additions	577		543		1,289		752		3,161
Acquisitions through business combinations	2,351		185		1,720		68		4,324
Dispositions and assets reclassified as held for sale	(1,339)		(3,279)		(6)		(74)		(4,698)
Depreciation expenses	(751)		(716)		(221)		(728)		(2,416)
Foreign currency translation and other	(773)		(638)		(75)		(808)		(2,294)
Total change	65		(3,905)		2,707		(790)		(1,923)
Balance, end of period1	$	45,271	$	28,262	$	11,139	$	13,414	$	98,086

1.Our ROU PP&E assets include $3.7 billion (December 31, 2020 – $4.1 billion) in our Infrastructure segment, $831 million (December 31, 2020 – $856 million) in our Real Estate segment, $419 million (December 31, 2020 – $393 million) in our Renewable Power segment and $1.4 billion (December 31, 2020 – $1.3 billion) in our Private Equity and other segments, totaling $6.3 billion (December 31, 2020 – $6.7 billion) of ROU assets.

We tested our property, plant and equipment for impairments and have found no material impairment indicators. For the six months ended June 30, 2021, we recorded an impairment expense of $204 million primarily in the private equity business.