Accelerating the journey to net zero

How traders can win in sustainable fuels

one another and how to keep pace with advances. For example, traders that have a good grasp of the shifting market balances but lack an understanding of the pace of investment in new technology platforms could be at a disadvantage. Given the number of imbalances expected to arise across product categories, traders must develop or enhance several core capabilities to be competitive.

The sustainable-fuel market is poised to ramp up significantly in both scale and complexity. Five interdependent areas will shape the market in the coming years (Exhibit 5). To better identify value creation opportunities and risk, market participants will need to understand how these areas influence

Exhibit 5 Companies in the dynamic sustainable-fuel market can derive value by understanding the interdependencies in five key areas.

Market interdependencies Opportunities and risks

Shifting market balances

Price-clearing point

Scale and liquidity

Changing infrastructure

Scale and pace of investment

Extraordinarily dynamic market

Cost curve maturity

Economic forcing

Technology learning curves and breakthroughs

Subsidy impact

Evolving regulation

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