• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Simon Blakey

S&P Global Commodities Insights

Senior Adviser

Simon Blakey has 40 years experience as a researcher, consultant and adviser in European energy matters. He founded the European gas and power research practice at CERA, a predecessor company of S & P Global. He has previously also served as head of the private office of the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, and Special Envoy at Eurogas, the association of European gas companies. His research specialities include natural gas, hydrogen, climate science and policy, and energy geopolitics. He is currently a Senior Visiting Fellow at the School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute in Florence, Italy.

Sessions With Simon Blakey

Monday, 18 March

  • 12:30pm - 01:00pm (CST) / 18/mar/2024 05:30 pm - 18/mar/2024 06:00 pm

    Accelerating the Energy Transition with Hydrogen
    Hydrogen

    Hydrogen is a clean and versatile energy carrier that will play a significant role in global decarbonization efforts. What crucial pathways will hydrogen support? What infrastructure is necessary? Can we accelerate the change? Hydrogen versatility: How many different sectors will count on hydrogen?  

    Storage and grid reliability: Can hydrogen neutralize grid intermittency? Global collaboration: What partnerships are succeeding in the creation of a hydrogen-based economy? 

Tuesday, 19 March

  • 07:15am - 08:20am (CST) / 19/mar/2024 12:15 pm - 19/mar/2024 01:20 pm

    Global LNG: Sustaining growth in a world of uncertainty
    Gas & LNG

    The importance of LNG in the global energy supply mix continues to grow as liquefaction capacity is set to expand rapidly the rest of this decade. Geopolitical conflict has shined a spotlight on security of supply and put LNG front and center as part of the solution in Europe, but new conflicts now threaten shipping lanes in the Middle East. Even as the United States, along with Qatar, is set to drive medium-term growth in global supply, the Biden Administration’s review of liquefaction permitting has created delay and uncertainty of new project development. In addition, methane emissions and carbon neutrality will need to be addressed to reaffirm LNG’s role in the energy transition in the long term. How can LNG deliver on its promise in the face of these geopolitical, regulatory and environmental challenges?