Enagás Renovable takes part in the Abu Dhabi Green Hydrogen Summit

As part of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW), one of the leading international gatherings on sustainability and the energy transition, Enagás Renovable took part in the Green Hydrogen Summit, focused on the role of renewable fuels in decarbonizing hard-to-electrify sectors.

Our CEO, Antón Martínez, participated as a speaker in the Expert Dialogue “The Future Fuel of Global Shipping,” a high-level roundtable that brought together representatives from leading energy, industrial, and financial companies. Alongside Nicolas Poirot (Air Liquide), Takeo Akamatsu (ITOCHU Corporation), Mark Geilenkirchen (Advario, Star Energy), and Jens Walzner (Prime Capital), he addressed the main challenges and opportunities for the energy transition of global maritime transport.

During the session, the panel analyzed how the maritime sector is facing a decisive decade, in which decarbonization will not come from a single fuel, but from a combination of complementary energy solutions. In this context, renewable hydrogen and its derivatives—such as methanol and ammonia—are positioned as key vectors to reduce emissions in the medium and long term, while biomethane can play a relevant role in the short term, contributing immediately to the decarbonization of current LNG consumption in maritime transport.

Among the key messages highlighted in the dialogue was the role of end-customer demand as a driver for the creation of the first scalable renewable fuel markets. Large cargo owners, such as retailers and manufacturers, are committing to green logistics and showing an increasing willingness to sign long-term offtake agreements, especially when they can credibly demonstrate emissions reductions. This demand is essential to make early-stage projects viable, at a time characterized by high costs and still-limited supply of e-fuels.

The discussion also addressed the role of regulation and carbon pricing in the large-scale deployment of renewable fuels. Experts agreed that these solutions can grow significantly even without a global carbon price; however, their scaling is more likely in a harmonized regulatory environment that provides long-term certainty, a level playing field, and clear demand signals for investment.

Enagás Renovable’s participation in this international forum reinforces its commitment to the development of renewable hydrogen and biomethane as complementary solutions, key to advancing the decarbonization of maritime transport and other industrial sectors, and strengthens its positioning in the main global debates on the energy transition.