WA's South West grid to be boosted by four new batteries
All the storage is due to be connected to the grid before the first of WA's coal-fired power stations closes.
Hydrogen
Green hydrogen produced with renewable energy is seen as a significant future fuel for industry and long-distance transport. Most hydrogen is currently made from methane and emits significant carbon emissions. When a portion of those emissions are captured and stored it is termed blue hydrogen.
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Kalbarri green hydrogen project gets $814m in Federal backing
After many recent setbacks for green hydrogen a huge WA project now looks more likely.
The promise of green iron, steel and ammonia keeps the green hydrogen dream alive
Hydrogen was once sold as a universal climate fix — a clean, green wonder fuel for cars, homes, power grids and even global export - but reality has cooled that buzz.
Critical minerals and hydrogen incentive set to re-energise regional investment
Production tax credits for hydrogen and critical minerals are set to be law after Labor struck a deal with the Greens.
BP puts $1b Kwinana hydrogen and clean fuel projects on ice
The two projects will be "recycled" amid BP's concerns about costs and government policy.
BP puts brakes on Kwinana clean fuel plans
BP has stood down contractors working on its biofuel plant just weeks before discovering if its adjacent green hydrogen project will win $1 billion of government backing.
Renewable hydrogen tech could give green light to jobs
A CSIRO report sees making equipment to produce renewable hydrogen could create 4000 jobs by 2050 but Australia needs to move fast.
MacTiernan defends WA Government backing gas…for now
WA hydrogen minister Alannah MacTiernan believes a viable green hydrogen industry will build community support for the State's economy relying less on gas.
BP’s Geraldton green hydrogen dream needs help
Green hydrogen has long term promise for WA but needs help to scale and escape the trap of being an expensive product with a limited market.
$94B green ammonia hub proposed for the Nullarbor
Companies behind the Asian Renewable Energy Hub and the Mirning People are planning a vast $94B green ammonia hub on WA's south coast.
A green Pilbara needs wind and one network: Alinta
WA's iron ore miners must develop wind power and drop decades of rivalry to share transmission networks to meet their emissions reduction targets, according to Alinta Energy.
Green ammonia hub plans a decade of wind turbine manufacturing in the Pilbara
The $US36 billion Asian Renewable Energy Hub wants to make wind turbine towers as well as ammonia in the Pilbara to overcome logistics issues.
Australia's green steel dream explained
In every type of steelmaking, the challenge of using hydrogen to cut emissions is different but the long term possibilities for Australia are enormous.