Hydrogen
Hydrogen hype: what will actually work?
Currently hydrogen is powered by hype and hope. The key for Australia is to focus on the applications that have a solid business case.
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.
Hydrogen
Currently hydrogen is powered by hype and hope. The key for Australia is to focus on the applications that have a solid business case.
Hydrogen
Woodside has invested in two existing green hydrogen projects chasing Federal funds as it battles changing markets and community concern about climate change.
Hydrogen
There is no shortage of hype about hydrogen. Time will tell what ideas fall by the wayside and which build enduring industries.
Woodside Petroleum
Woodside looks at gas to ammonia to fuel coal-fired power stations as concerns grow about the viability of LNG mega-projects.
Renewable Energy
WA chief scientist Peter Klinken sees jobs coming if WA uses cleaner energy and minerals for the production of hydrogen and batteries.
Hydrogen
In a decade hydrogen made with renewable power may be cheaper than making it from gas and offsetting the emissions according to an independent expert analysis but Woodside thinks gas has 30 years left.
Steel
Green steel made with renewable hydrogen could produce 25,000 Australian jobs but the Pilbara's iron ore would be shipped east to avoid high labour costs.
Hydrogen
BP has joined Yara in looking at huge projects to unlock WA's vast solar and wind resources to replace gas in the production of ammonia.
Hydrogen
Hazer's combination of two WA exports - gas and iron ore - to produce the clean energy products hydrogen and graphite has been supported by $9 million from the Federal Government.
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Backers of a giant Pilbara wind and solar farm that will send electricity to Indonesia also want to power local industry and produce hydrogen.