Nippon Export and Investment Insurance, a government-affiliated insurance company, has insured overseas projects related to decarbonization, which are expected to increase in the future, such as power generation facilities and hydrogen stations that utilize hydrogen as fuel, in order to support Japan's infrastructure exports. Clarified the policy to add to the target.
The government has set infrastructure exports as one of its growth strategies, and this month it formulated a new strategy that sets the target amount of orders for 2025 at 34 trillion yen.
In response to this, Nippon Export and Investment Insurance has announced that it will add overseas projects related to decarbonization, which are expected to increase in the future, to the scope of "loan insurance" that guarantees when Japanese companies receive loans from financial institutions. Did.
Specifically, it is envisioned that power generation facilities and hydrogen stations that utilize hydrogen and ammonia as fuel will be constructed.
We also guarantee that Japanese financial institutions will lend to overseas companies considering the introduction of new communication standard 5G base stations from Japan.
Regarding this, President Atsuro Kuroda said at a press conference on the 24th, "The economic situation is severe due to the influence of the new coronavirus, but we would like to contribute to the recovery of corporate performance by supporting exports in the green field with future potential. I'm talking.