WA Premier Roger Cook's core "Made in WA" election policy will be tested by his use of local content provisions to keep Chevron's WA engineers working in WA.
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.
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.
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.
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.
