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Blue Bonds: Making a splash in the Capital Markets
In 2018, the Republic of Seychelles launched the first-ever “blue bond”, with the support of the World Bank Group and the Global Environment Facility.
The following is an introduction to our UK Hydrogen Guide 2025. To read the guide in full, select 'Read full article'.
The UK remains an attractive and stable market for developers and investors in the low carbon hydrogen sector. The UK government has acknowledged the pivotal role that hydrogen can play in achieving the UK's net zero targets and the need to stimulate supply and demand for low carbon hydrogen in tandem. Consistent with this, in recent years the UK government has demonstrated sustained support for the low carbon hydrogen production chain by implementing a number of funding and policy frameworks, most notably the Hydrogen Strategy (August 2021), the British Energy Security Strategy (2022), the Hydrogen Investor Roadmap (February 2024) and the funding support pledged for the hydrogen sector in the UK government's 2024 Budget.
The UK's target is for the market to deploy up to 1GW of low carbon hydrogen production capacity by the mid-2020s, ramping up to 10GW by 2030. In tandem, the Scottish government has set a goal of 5GW of hydrogen production in Scotland by 2030. The UK government has taken a 'twin-track' approach to achieving its 10GW hydrogen production target as follows:
In recognition that the development of the UK hydrogen value chain requires government support to stimulate investment and drive production, the UK government offers supply side funding support in the form of:
The UK government also intends to drive demand for low carbon hydrogen produced in the UK by:
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In 2018, the Republic of Seychelles launched the first-ever “blue bond”, with the support of the World Bank Group and the Global Environment Facility.
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We are delighted to be participating in Marine Money Week New York 2025. As one of the landmark events for the global shipping finance community, and with the global shipping and maritime industry at such a pivotal juncture, we look forward to catching up with clients and contacts to continue discussions around navigating the current challenges and opportunities.
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On 8 May 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the CJEU) delivered its ruling in case C-581/23 (the Ruling), providing guidance on one of the conditions for an exclusive distribution agreement to benefit from the block exemption under Article 4(b)(i) of the 2010 Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (the VBER)1, notably the so-called ‘parallel imposition requirement’.
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