At the turn of the year, I had written about five key areas to watch out for in the global industrial gases business, from the economic climate through to digitisation and the clean energies transition. The industry is simultaneously challenged by these dynamics and takes opportunities in driving them forward.
What no-one could have anticipated, of course, is quite what a year it would prove to be. In a year so otherwise dominated by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, it has arguably been a strong year for clean energy markets – with the effects and widespread lockdowns of the pandemic providing a collective pause to take stock and reconsider our energy future.
This has most noticeably been linked to hydrogen energy, with the movement gaining significant momentum in 2020 and packages such as the EU Hydrogen Strategy providing huge stimuli and structure around its future scale up and adoption.
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