While we officially launched Hydrogen Economist in January 2021, we had been covering the sector for much of the previous year as a sub-brand of Petroleum Economist. Among those unversed in the previously relatively niche area of grey hydrogen for industrial use, we can genuinely claim to be right up there in the ranks of the first analysts of the blue and green hydrogen revolution.

But even we, 18 months ago, could not have predicted how exponentially interest in hydrogen as a key tool in the energy transition arsenal would have grown. The number of players, projects and partnerships in the sector has continued to expand and shows no signs of slowing.

It is clear, even to those most sceptical about hydrogen—and we not only acknowledge that they exist but actively seek to understand and learn from their reservations—that some colour of much lower carbon hydrogen will play a role in the future energy mix. Even if this replaces grey hydrogen in existing applications and provides an alternative heat fuel for a limited number of hard-to-decarbonise industries, this will still represent a shift in demand that will require billions of dollars of investment to meet.

But hydrogen champions see the fuel playing a far bigger role, with research and innovation targeting any number of wider applications. That a future hydrogen economy will exist is not in doubt, its scope is one of the most exciting and dynamic questions within an energy transition debate that is already lively.

Here at PE, we have assembled a uniquely talented team to investigate this question in the most intelligent way we can. Our staff in London and our global contributor network can call upon decades of experience in relevant disciplines—in conventional and clean energy, in transport, in policy and in regulation to name but a few.

And our Hydrogen Economist brand stands alone as a service dedicated to providing the highest quality of analysis entirely focused on the sector. Our daily provision of value-add insight into the biggest developments in the fledgling industry—not just redistributed press releases or coverage of flimsy agreements to collaborate—is a unique proposition.

That has been reflected in the Hydrogen Economist service rapidly growing a subscriptions base within the largest operators that have ambitions in the sector and within services firms, both financial and technical, that are also growing their hydrogen competencies. And some of the biggest hitters in the industry have already agreed to talk exclusively to us, a number that is increasing by the week.

We are confident that you will find them illuminating. And we urge you to join the expanding Hydrogen Economist community, at the very least through becoming a bronze member of our network, giving you access to three of these types of articles each month and priority access to our hydrogen webcasts, seminars and events. At the same time, you should perhaps ask yourself if you can afford not to be a full subscriber to the best hydrogen intelligence service around.

Peter Ramsay
Editor-in-Chief

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What else will users/subscribers have access to?

The site will also host our expanding ‘Insight Centre’ of content contributed by the industry itself—including whitepapers, sponsored thought leadership, in-depth reports, the Review series and webinars. Relevant PE Live webcasts and—launching next year— video roundtables and podcasts will also be available, as well as bespoke Research commissioned to gauge the views of the PE audience.

Subscribers to Hydrogen Economist will also enjoy exclusive access to the brand-new Hydrogen Data service, a definitive guide to hydrogen projects around the globe, including geographical and economic data, as well as operatorship, through our sister brand Global Energy Infrastructure. These projects are also geo-referenced on an interactive PE Maps dashboard and give an evergreen overview of a rapidly changing environment.