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Australia pursues hydrogen ambitions
POLICY AUSTRALIA had continued its pursuit of a
world-class hydrogen industry by teaming up
with Germany to study the development of a
supply chain between the two countries.
The two governments signed up to the joint
feasibility study on September 9, with Australian
Trade Minister Simon Birmingham describing
the agreement as “critical” to developing “Aus-
tralia’s future as a powerhouse in clean energy
exports”.
He said: “This study gets the ball rolling on
the development of future hydrogen supply
chain with Germany, which could lead to bil-
lions of dollars in export earnings for Australia
and help them meet their future clean energy
ambitions.”
The study comes after a similar agreement
Australia signed at the start of the year with
Japan, and another with South Korea in Novem-
ber 2019. Canberra released of the National
Hydrogen Strategy in November 2019.
Commenting on the agreement with Ger-
many, Australia Resources Minister Keith Pitt
said it would open up “another new market for
our resources and potentially create thousands
of new job opportunities for Australians well Simon Birmingham described the agreement as “critical” to developing “Australia’s
into the future”. future as a powerhouse in clean energy exports”.
Canberra has called on players within the
research and industry sectors to submit expres- Purdie said it was “time to challenge the notion
sions of interest (EoIs) to partner in the study. that customers can only access renewable energy
Australian gas companies are increasingly through the electricity grid”.
looking to capitalise on the clean fuel, both at Jemena has called for a national certification
home and abroad. programme that will allow consumers to buy
Natural gas utility Jemena called on the gov- verified and accredited zero-emission gas.
ernment in June to put hydrogen front and cen- Woodside Energy, meanwhile, announced in
tre of the national energy strategy. April that it had teamed up with Japan’s JERA,
Responding to the government’s Technology Marubeni and IHI to study large-scale hydro-
Investment Roadmap (TIR), Jemena executive gen-as-ammonia exports for use by the East
general manager of gas distribution Jennifer Asian country’s coal-fired power generators.
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