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FMiA plan risks industries ‘devoid of Australian invention’

Brandon How — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 08:20:15 +0000

Australia’s budding hydrogen industry will bypass local innovation for its supply chains if content requirements aren’t part of the government’s Future Made in Australia policy, green hydrogen startup Hysata is warning. The local electrolyser manufacturer is calling on the government to add additional incentives to its planned green hydrogen subsidies to spur the use of...

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Govt defends blue hydrogen funding amid green push

Brandon How — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 20:48:23 +0000

The Albanese government has defended its investment in a controversial coal-to-hydrogen project with the Victorian state government because it honours a Turnbull-era commitment to Japanese partners. Pre-commercialisation support for the Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain (HESC) project, a so-called ‘clean’ hydrogen development using carbon, capture, and storage (CCS), comes despite the federal government’s commitment to making...

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Hydrogen subsidy rules enough to spur green investment: Industry

Brandon How — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 09:10:51 +0000

Industry groups have backed the exclusion of strict ‘green’ rules from billions of dollars in hydrogen tax incentives under the Future Made in Australia program, despite such rules featuring in equivalent programs overseas. The proposed rules avoid complex requirements that could inhibit early-stage projects, experts say, with some confident the incoming Guarantee of Origin emissions...

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Sydney lands Australia’s first hydrogen aviation fuel port

Justin Hendry — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 07:40:19 +0000

Sydney’s Bankstown Airport has become the first in the Southern Hemisphere to offer hydrogen fuel, in a tie-up that offers local flying vehicle startup AMSL Aero a way to extend the range of its electric aircraft. AMSL Aero announced the partnership with airport operator Aeria Management Group (AMG) on Wednesday, describing it as a landmark...

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Treasurer unveils tax credit requirements for renewable hydrogen

Brandon How — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 04:48:40 +0000

Initial requirements for $14 billion worth of production tax credits are more favorable toward renewable hydrogen investments than other jurisdictions, but a list of eligible outputs from critical mineral projects has yet to be determined. Consultation on the design of the two production credits was launched on Friday by Treasurer Jim Chalmers. The hydrogen tax...

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SA unveils strategy to export green iron by 2030

Brandon How — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 05:54:44 +0000

South Australia has set 2030 as the target for its first green iron exports in a new state strategy that paves the way forward for the burgeoning industry. The Green Iron and Steel Strategy was launched on Thursday alongside an expression of interest process inviting industry to “co-design, co-investigate” ‘pit-to-port’ green iron projects in the...

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WA issues call for $22m hydrogen institute

Brandon How — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 05:09:10 +0000

Applications to design the Western Australian government’s new $22 million hydrogen training and research facility for the Pilbara will close next week, rounding out a two-week tender period. The Clean Energy Training and Research Institute (CETRI) aims to support the establishment of a clean industries workforce in the region and is a part of the...

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No plans to replace canned SA hydrogen projects

Brandon How — Mon, 27 May 2024 21:04:10 +0000

The South Australian government will not look for additional Port Bonython Hydrogen Hub proposals despite two large projects led by Japanese petrochemical companies withdrawing from the planned precinct. In late February, the state government confirmed that development agreements had been signed for five of the seven shortlisted projects planned for the site. It followed an...

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Govt closes door on hydrogen cars

Brandon How — Wed, 22 May 2024 08:36:27 +0000

Hydrogen fuel cell cars face an uphill battle in Australia with the government ruling out a major role for the technology in decarbonising the transport sector. Released on Tuesday evening for consultation, a technology roadmap for decarbonising the transport sector says “electrification is the clear technology to decarbonise light vehicles”, which include passenger cars, SUVs,...

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$3.5bn Qld green iron project eyes govt-backed hydrogen

Brandon How — Mon, 20 May 2024 20:57:43 +0000

Plans for a $3.5 billion green iron project supplied with hydrogen from the federal and state government backed Central Queensland Hydrogen Project have been unveiled, although project could take several years to become operational, according to its developer. Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners said on Monday that it had secured the rights to land adjacent to the...

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