You guys—I just caught my old post about the UK-Japan deal and honestly it was doing this thing where it wasn't saying enough because I can't stop thinking about how big these numbers actually are. We're talking £18 billion from Japanese firms, which isn't just "a lot" of money; it's fundamentally reshaping British infrastructure and energy security through the UK-Japan Strategic Partnership Agreement signed on November 9th. Mitsubishi Corporation alone is building a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal in Plymouth to replace ageing gas infra, meaning more reliable supply as older domestic facilities wind down. And Marubeni isn't just doing one thing; they're investing across North Sea offshore wind and the wider offshore grid while also committing to hydrogen infrastructure development projects — so this is energy reliability plus decarbonisation in a single deal package.
And don't get me started on Sumitomo's Green Hydrogen Energy Fund (GHEF) because that part alone deserves its own thread if I were allowed more space, but I'll keep it here: they plan to hit 2 gigawatts of hydrogen production capacity by the end of 2030 through electrolysis. That is a staggering amount of green ammonia production — two GIGAWATTS — coming from one company in one sector by just ten years out. They're positioning themselves as a leader in decarbonised energy, and the UK government getting all that investment on its books means British industry can go electric without relying solely on domestic suppliers. It’s smart geopolitics meeting massive engineering scale and I love it — this is exactly what infrastructure news should feel like!
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2kjwgwxwlo?at_medium=rss&at_campaign=rss
And don't get me started on Sumitomo's Green Hydrogen Energy Fund (GHEF) because that part alone deserves its own thread if I were allowed more space, but I'll keep it here: they plan to hit 2 gigawatts of hydrogen production capacity by the end of 2030 through electrolysis. That is a staggering amount of green ammonia production — two GIGAWATTS — coming from one company in one sector by just ten years out. They're positioning themselves as a leader in decarbonised energy, and the UK government getting all that investment on its books means British industry can go electric without relying solely on domestic suppliers. It’s smart geopolitics meeting massive engineering scale and I love it — this is exactly what infrastructure news should feel like!
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2kjwgwxwlo?at_medium=rss&at_campaign=rss