Industry Analysis

Colombia issues first green bonds in local market

Colombia on Wednesday became the second Latin American sovereign to issue green bonds, increasing the size of a 10 year deal by 50% to $197 million in notes. Source

Colombia publishes its 30-year hydrogen development strategy

The Colombian government published the Andean country’s  hydrogen plan that maps the development of this clean energy resource over the course of the next 30 years. Source (link in Spanish)

New IEA report: Global hydrogen review for 2021

The Global Hydrogen Review is a new annual publication by the International Energy Agency to track progress in hydrogen production and demand, as well as in other critical areas such as policy, regulation, investments, innovation and infrastructure development. The report is an output of the Clean Energy Ministerial Hydrogen Initiative (CEM H2I) and is intended […]

Air Liquide, TotalEnergies, VINCI and a group of international companies launch the world’s largest clean hydrogen infrastructure fund

Air Liquide , TotalEnergies and VINCI, are combining forces with other large international companies to sponsor the creation of the world’s largest fund exclusively dedicated to clean hydrogen infrastructure solutions. The fund aims to reach 1.5 billion euros and has already secured initial commitments of 800 million euros. Its objective is to accelerate the growth […]

‘Overwhelmed by old challenges’, Caribbean leaders say COVID-19 has forced a new battle for the survival of their nations

Caribbean island nations are under assault from the coronavirus pandemic even as they try to protect their communities from rising seas and raging storms, regional leaders said Saturday at the UN, where they called for bold action to tackle climate change and shore up public health systems.   Source  

HDF energy breaks ground on world’s largest green hydrogen-power project in French Guiana

French hydrogen firm HDF Energy and its equity partners, the infrastructure fund Meridiam and the petroleum operator SARA (Rubis Group) have begun the construction of CEOG Power Plant in French Guiana. CEOG is the world’s first multi-megawatt hydrogen power plant. Weighing in at 128MWh, it includes the largest green hydrogen storage of intermittent electricity sources. Representing […]

World Bank’s new RFP calls for innovative financing to scale up renewable energy development in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union

The Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) encompasses eight countries and overseas territories[1], all of which are small island developing nations extremely vulnerable to climate change and natural disaster risks. The region is highly dependent on imported expensive fossil fuel to meet its energy requirements despite being endowed with enormous renewable energy (RE) generation potential.  The […]

Mining billionaire spearheads green hydrogen push

Australian mining billionaire Andrew Forrest on Thursday launched a green hydrogen organization, GH2, in a push to speed up development of the clean fuel to help curb global warming. GH2’s goal is to ensure that by 2050 a quarter of the world’s energy comes from green hydrogen, which is extracted from water with electrolysis, an […]

Bill Gates raises $1 billion as corporate CEOs join race to scale clean tech

Bill Gates raised more than $1 billion in corporate funding for Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, drawing on BlackRock Inc.’s Larry Fink and Microsoft Corp.’s Satya Nadella to rally support for some of the world’s most demanding clean-energy projects. They are looking to accelerate the commercial viability of four key solutions to the climate crisis: green hydrogen, sustainable […]