The finance sector has a significant role to play in the global transition to net zero, with project financing being a customary means of raising funds in the energy and infrastructure sectors.
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The 28th Conference of the Parties (or “COP28”) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (“UNFCCC”) at Expo City in Dubai has ended with an agreement described by COP28 president Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber as “historic”...more
In an historic turn of events at the 27th annual conference of the parties (or COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) hosted by Egypt in November 2022, nations rallied to address the realities of...more
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Energy and natural resources is a fast-changing sector. Climate change, renewable energy, diversification and oil prices are all having an effect. Interviewees at Vinson & Elkins tell us what lawyers working in this area...more
Hydrogen can play a vital role in the transition to a carbon-neutral economy, and momentum for it has never been stronger. Both governments and companies see the enormous potential of low-carbon hydrogen for storing energy,...more
At the World Energy Capital Assembly (WECA) on November 29, 2021, a panel of experts provided their insights on the ability of companies in the oil and gas sector to access and maintain capital in the current economic and...more
Export credit agencies (ECAs) are institutions that undertake official export credit activities for or on behalf of governments and whose main objective is to foster the competitiveness of a country by supporting the export...more
On 17 April 2021, the UK Government released its first hydrogen strategy (the “Strategy”) that aims to meet its goal of 5 gigawatts (GW) of low carbon hydrogen production by 2030, matching the targets previously set by...more
In 1874, in his book “The Mysterious Island,” science fiction writer Jules Verne envisioned a world powered by hydrogen. Nearly a century and a half later, the idea that hydrogen can play a crucial part in the clean energy...more