Market Services

While cost of green hydrogen and derivatives command significant premiums over legacy fuels, monetising markets for certificates and credits are important to progressing low carbon production processes.

Our Markets team provide intermediary solutions to support commercialisation, liquidity and price for green premium and carbon crediting instruments. We develop financial solutions for buyers and sellers to reduce friction, risk, improve liquidity and facilitate international trade.

Project Support

At the end of 2023 almost 96% of the worlds green hydrogen projects remained in preconstruction phase. Projects shoulder the marginal abatement costs to be enjoyed by downstream claimants, therefore developing mechanisms to finance premium production investment is important to progressing past FID phases. We support planning and price discovery, commercialisation and underwriting of green premium certificates.

Solutions for Buyers and Markets

Where Scope 1-3 claims are dependent on project provenance, gaining access to appropriate certificates and credits is key to claims management. Clients often find a shortage of supply in their preferred classes and benefit from advanced access and finance options to secure their claims processes

Our Services

1. Price Discovery and Research

Budgeting revenues from green premiums certificates and credits is integral to financing high provenance projects, underpins additionality tests for crediting methods and assists with integrating available government support.

2. Commercialisation

Finding the best buyers for GPC’s and credits requires road showing projects with key market participants. FCI’s global network of Scope 1-3 claimants are key players in carbon markets.

3. Forward Financing and Price Support

For organisations issuing GPC’s or Carbon Credits we assist with forward financing so that the revenue generated can have a catalytic impact on speed to market and supporting initial offer prices. Our markets team deploy strategies to support value added pricing.

4. Regulation and Compliance

Key to developing high value provenance is preparation of independent audited documents of source, monitoring regimes and aligning with international standards of production. FCI work with a network of global partners to develop provenance documentation and monitoring regimes.

5. Pricing and Purchasing Solution

For organisations who require to reduce Scope 1-3 emissions claims, securing high provenance GPCs or Credits which have direct causality to the sources of emissions helps claims integrity while catalysing transformation. Our markets team specialise in sourcing and advance purchasing instruments in low carbon fuel sectors for downstream beneficiaries.

Benefits

  • Financing Green Premiums : Our clients are able to forward finance un-bundled environmental attributes of their products

  • Market Alignment: Our are supported with market access and liquidity

  • Demand Aggregation: By participating on GPCs our clients can access blended resilient supply chains and send strong demand signals to support investment commitments

  • Global Coordination: We work to coordinate documentation and audit partners globally so that clients can focus on deployment and commercialisation.