马什律师事务所(Marsh & McLennan)旗下券商马什(Broker Marsh)周一表示，将推出全球首个专门针对氢能项目的保险。目前，这个新兴行业正寻求在应对气候变化的过程中迅速扩大规模。
为了遏制全球变暖，世界各国的目标是到本世纪中叶实现净零排放，而氢，尤其是由可再生能源制造的“绿色”氢，被视为实现这一目标的关键手段。
本月早些时候，美国政界人士支持一项4.3亿美元的支出计划，其中包括对氢等一系列可再生能源的支持。
涉及这种高度易燃气体的项目往往很难找到掩体，部分原因是生产、运输和储存的复杂性和风险，以及新兴技术通常被认为风险更高。
Marsh表示，与美国国际集团(American International Group)和Liberty Specialty Markets合作开发的新设施将为全球氢气项目的建设和启动阶段提供每项风险高达3亿美元的保险。
这家全球最大的保险经纪公司表示，该设施将适用于跨国组织和较小的公司，涵盖新的和现有的“蓝色”和“绿色”氢气项目。
蓝色氢气由天然气产生，而绿色氢气由可再生资源产生，被认为是一种灵活、低排放的燃料，可用于运输、发电，并作为各种工业过程的投入。
Marsh Specialty能源与电力全球主管Andrew George表示:“Marsh的设施对保险业来说是一个重要的发展，将有助于加速全球能源向可再生能源的过渡。”
“随着全球氢气行业，尤其是绿色氢气行业的快速发展，该设施将降低各种规模运营商的风险转移选择的复杂性，并增强投资者和贷款机构实现其雄心勃勃的项目时间表的信心。”
达信表示，该公司的客户既可以选择创业阶段的保险，也可以选择一份涵盖第一年业务的综合风险保单。
根据总部位于挪威的全球能源咨询公司DNV 6月份的一份报告，到2050年，可再生和低碳氢将只占全球最终能源结构的5%，无法满足气候目标。
根据《巴黎协定》，到2050年将全球变暖控制在1.5度以内，而氢气的含量需要达到13%。
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Broker Marsh Launches World First Insurance for Hydrogen Projects
Broker Marsh, a unit of Marsh & McLennan, said on Monday it was launching the world’s first dedicated insurance for hydrogen energy projects, as the nascent industry looks to scale up quickly in the fight against climate change.
As the world targets net-zero emissions by mid-century in an effort to cap global warming, hydrogen, particularly “green” hydrogen made from renewable energy sources, is seen as a crucial means of getting there.
U.S. politicians earlier this month backed a $430 million spending package that included support for a range of renewable energy sources such as hydrogen.
Projects involving the highly flammable gas have often found it harder to find cover, partly because of the complexity and risks involved in production, transportation and storage, and as new and emerging technologies are generally considered riskier.
Developed with insurers American International Group and Liberty Specialty Markets, Marsh said the new facility would provide up to $300 million of cover per risk for the construction and start up phases of hydrogen projects globally.
The facility would be available to multinational organizations as well as smaller firms and cover both new and existing “blue” and “green” hydrogen projects, the world’s largest insurance broker said.
Blue hydrogen is produced from natural gas, while green hydrogen is made from renewable sources and is seen providing a flexible and low-emission fuel for transportation, electricity generation, and as an input into various industrial processes.
“Marsh’s facility is an important development for the insurance industry that will help enable the acceleration of the global energy transition to renewables,” said Andrew George, Global Head, Energy & Power, Marsh Specialty.
“As the global hydrogen industry, especially green hydrogen, scales up rapidly to meet demand the facility will reduce the complexity of securing risk transfer options for operators of all sizes and boosts investor and lender confidence in achieving their ambitious project timeframes.”
Marsh’s clients could either opt for coverage for the startup phase or choose a combined risks policy that extends to first-year operations, the New York-based company said.
Renewable and low-carbon hydrogen would account for only 5% of the global final energy mix by 2050, falling short of what is needed to meet climate goals, according to a report in June from Norway-based global energy consultancy DNV.
To meet the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees by 2050, hydrogen would need to reach 13%.
