01 Apr 2024 | 08:30 UTC

Platts updates weighted average cost of capital used in its hydrogen cost calculations

Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, updates its weighted average cost of capital figures used in its calculations of cost of production for its global hydrogen and ammonia assessments, as part of the yearly review of its hydrogen methodology, effective April 1.

With these updates, Platts moves to a regionalized approach to assessing WACC rather than a global WACC.

These updates would directly affect the following set of Platts hydrogen assessments as follows:

Description Symbol Current Updated
Post-Tax Real Weighted Average Cost of Capital Australia PTRCA00 9.13% 7.15%
Post-Tax Real Weighted Average Cost of Capital Canada PTRCC00 9.13% 6.67%
Post-Tax Real Weighted Average Cost of Capital Japan PTRCJ00 9.13% 4.63%
Post-Tax Real Weighted Average Cost of Capital Netherlands HVNCB00 9.13% 6.71%
Post-Tax Real Weighted Average Cost of Capital Oman PTRCO00 9.13% 8.75%
Post-Tax Real Weighted Average Cost of Capital Qatar PTRCQ00 9.13% 8.52%
Post-Tax Real Weighted Average Cost of Capital Saudi Arabia PTRSA00 9.13% 9.28%
Post-Tax Real Weighted Average Cost of Capital United Arab Emirates PTRAE00 9.13% 7.53%
Post-Tax Real Weighted Average Cost of Capital United Kingdom PTRUK00 9.13% 7.99%
Post-Tax Real Weighted Average Cost of Capital United States PTRUS00 9.13% 7.50%

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