Labor bets $2 billion on emerging hydrogen industry

Labor bets $2 billion on emerging hydrogen industry

The government will subsidise hydrogen production to compete with the US,Canada and the EU for market share in Asia.

  • byMike Foley

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All systems go on hydrogen for Fortescue as iron ore output falters

All systems go on hydrogen for Fortescue as iron ore output falters

Details of the miner’s further diversification into green hydrogen remain elusive,even as its $5.9 billion Iron Bridge magnetite project finally gets ready to deliver the goods.

  • byPeter Milne
If we’re serious about cutting emissions,we’ll act now and adjust as we go

If we’re serious about cutting emissions,we’ll act now and adjust as we go

If we don’t lock in the proposed carbon safeguard mechanism by July 1,Australia will have no system for the biggest polluters.

  • byKerry Schott
Hydrogen and net zero dream at risk without financial help:report

Hydrogen and net zero dream at risk without financial help:report

The federal government has only a small window to act before a US plan to subsidise its own clean energy industry will “cut Australia’s renewable lunch”,a new report warns.

  • byShane Wright
WA dishes out land for $70 billion of Pilbara green megaprojects

WA dishes out land for $70 billion of Pilbara green megaprojects

Australia’s much-hyped future exporting green hydrogen and steel has moved closer with the allocation of vital industrial land to seven projects.

  • byPeter Milne
Why WA is gearing up to chase hydrogen riches

Why WA is gearing up to chase hydrogen riches

What’s all the fuss about hydrogen in WA? Well the ambition is to upend the state’s two biggest exports,replacing oil and gas and transforming iron ore from mining to manufacturing.

  • byPeter Milne
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Hydrogen to Perth homes a pointless distraction on the road to net-zero
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Hydrogen to Perth homes a pointless distraction on the road to net-zero

Putting a sliver of hydrogen into a tiny fraction of Perth’s gas network has no practical benefit but allows its owner to appear acceptably green,just don’t look too close.

  • byPeter Milne
Santos blames government,activists and regulators for gas woes

Santos blames government,activists and regulators for gas woes

The LNG giant’s boss Kevin Gallagher has said a decade of climate wars and energy policy failure have left Australia without affordable and reliable energy.

  • byPeter Milne
BP forges ahead with WA green hydrogen despite ‘high complexity’

BP forges ahead with WA green hydrogen despite ‘high complexity’

The UK oil and gas major will prioritise sales to Pilbara miners ahead of exports as it gets the ball rolling on the $US36 billion Asian Renewable Energy Hub.

  • byPeter Milne
‘Low-hanging fruit’:States lack ambition in energy transition,bus industry says

‘Low-hanging fruit’:States lack ambition in energy transition,bus industry says

Australia’s bus industry says it is ready to build hundreds of electric buses “from tomorrow” as the states grapple with transitioning their public transport to zero emissions.

  • byAngus Thomson
Miners look to strike green gold out west

Miners look to strike green gold out west

Green hydrogen could soon be powering Western Australian mining,starting in the goldfields.

  • byMarion Rae