Expert view points

Is clean hydrogen about to take off? With strong policy signals in the US and EU, institutional investors are beginning to think so.

Corporates, investors, analysts, and academics gathered in Paris on May 10, 2023, for the S&P Global Sustainable1 Summit to discuss sustainability themes ranging from biodiversity to climate risk to net zero and the energy transition.

With the French law adopted on 10 March 2023 on the acceleration of renewable energy production, offshore wind farm projects will be accelerated in the country.

As the world continues to push towards clean energy alternatives, finding efficient ways to store electricity is increasingly vital.

There is no doubt that hydrogen is emerging as an important player in the battle against climate change.

Thirty years ago, wind farms and carbon capture were items of science fiction. Today, this infrastructure for a low-carbon economy is clearly the future and is fast becoming the present.

Although it is becoming increasingly well established in Asia, the potential of renewable energy to help combat climate change remains huge in a region that accounts for 60% of the world’s population and more than 50% of global carbon emissions.

The world is betting on hydrogen. This simplest of elements is increasingly being regarded as a big part of the solution to global climate change. However the world is only at the start of a potential ‘hydrogen economy’ and Asia boasts some of the most interesting potential.

A year after the launch of the first pure-play dedicated hydrogen equity fund, we anticipate that large-scale hydrogen projects will get closer to lending decisions in the next six to 18 months. By Louis-Aynard de Clermont Tonnerre, Global Head of Power, Utilities & Infrastructure at Societe Generale

An appropriate risk allocation across the CCS value chain can enable more projects to be project financed.

Interconnectors deliver clean energy as well as flexibility and resilience to provide electricity to neighbor’s countries.

With hydrogen central to governments’ plans for decarbonisation by 2050, there is plentiful capital available for commercially viable projects.