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Post by Old Techo on Aug 9, 2021 8:13:31 GMT 10
Media report... Wesfarmers, Jemena deal to drive ‘green’ hydrogen for transport Zero-emissions hydrogen will be made available for fuel-cell trucks, buses and cars across NSW for the first time next year under a landmark deal between Australian conglomerate Wesfarmers and gas giant Jemena. Jemena plans to supply Wesfarmers-owned Coregas with hydrogen from its $15 million Western Sydney Green Gas Project, which manufactures hydrogen using a process powered by renewable energy that ensures the final product is emissions-free ‘‘green’’ hydrogen, the companies said. Hydrogen, which burns cleanly and emits only water, is touted as an important growth technology as the transition to cleaner energy gathers pace due to its potential to decarbonise parts of the economy that cannot be easily electrified, such as a range of industrial processes and heavy transport. However, hydrogen’s use in vehicles in NSW is at present limited to ‘‘grey hydrogen’’, which is made from coal or gas via a process that emits carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. ‘‘We know that green hydrogen has the immediate potential to become a viable zero-emission alternative to many petroleum-based fossil fuels currently used by industries such as transport and remote power generation,’’ Jemena renewable gas managing director Gabrielle Sycamore said. ‘‘Hydrogen fuel cells are particularly well-suited to long-distance heavy haulage trucking requirements based on their comparatively lightweight and fast refuelling times which can be just a matter of minutes.’’ Coregas has recently ordered Australia’s first two hydrogenpowered heavy trucks to become part of its fleet. The company said it was looking to further support the development of more heavy fuel-cell electric vehicles by supplying more hydrogen to the market. While there is little doubt that fossil fuel-guzzling vehicles will be increasingly shunned by consumers and even banned in some jurisdictions, fuel-cell vehicles that use hydrogen have been overshadowed by the vastly greater and everincreasing mainstream success of electric battery-powered cars like Teslas. Hydrogen vehicles account for less than 0.1 per cent of vehicles produced each year. Supporters of the technology say hydrogen cars boast advantages over electric cars, including longer range and quicker refuelling, and believe they could gain ground as more refuelling infrastructure is available. China, Japan and South Korea have been setting ambitious targets to put millions of hydrogenpowered vehicles on their roads by the end of the next decade, investing heavily in refuelling stations. Jemena’s Western Sydney Green Gas Project, co-funded by the federal government’s Australian Renewable Energy Agency, is also creating hydrogen gas that can be blended and stored in Jemena’s gas distribution network to supply homes and businesses for heating and cooking.
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Post by A'van on Aug 11, 2021 11:28:51 GMT 10
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Post by Old Techo on Aug 11, 2021 11:54:49 GMT 10
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Post by dieseltojo on Aug 11, 2021 15:41:28 GMT 10
That stuff is so amazing alright. I wonder if they will invent some thing to pick up chewing gum of side walks.
Sorry...That's what happens to a bloke whats been locked up to long....
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Post by Old Techo on Sept 4, 2021 9:31:29 GMT 10
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Post by Old Techo on Oct 6, 2021 16:01:39 GMT 10
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Post by nsgnomad on Oct 6, 2021 17:10:11 GMT 10
Interesting start but it is a subscriber only article.
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Post by Old Techo on Oct 6, 2021 19:03:33 GMT 10
I'm not a subscriber so must have fluked it
The country’s largest single buyer of commodities, South Korean steel giant Posco, has singled out Australia as a “regional strategic base” to help achieve its clean energy aspirations in one of the strongest signs yet of the radical transformation in trade being wrought by the race to tackle climate change. Posco is eying Australia alongside the Middle East, Chile, the United States and India as potential suppliers of 5 million tonnes of “low -carbon hydrogen with cost competitiveness” that the steel giant wants to secure by 2050, its head of hydrogen Hyung Chul Lee said. POSCO envisages using hydrogen in its steel mills and power plants in Korea. Korea Zinc, the world’s largest zinc producer, is also banking on Australian renewable energy to underpin its drive to become the world’s first “green zinc” producer and a significant hydrogen supplier, said Daniel Kim, CEO of Ark Energy, the Australian subsidiary that owns the Sun Metals zinc refinery in Townsville. “It’s our intention and ambition to redefine the ‘r’ in the Australia-Korea bilateral relationship from resources to renewable energy, including green hydrogen, and create a new growth engine for the next 50 years,” Mr Kim said. The comments come as Fortescue Metals Group, an iron ore supplier to Posco, for the first time set targets for carbon emissions by its steelmaking customers, while Macquarie Group CEO Shemara Wikramanayake called on world leaders heading to the Glasgow summit next month to raise their ambitions on climate action to match those of corporates and financial institutions.
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Post by Old Techo on Oct 10, 2021 15:38:13 GMT 10
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Post by Old Techo on Oct 19, 2021 6:42:36 GMT 10
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Post by Old Techo on Dec 8, 2021 9:26:11 GMT 10
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Post by Old Techo on Jan 21, 2022 6:24:17 GMT 10
Current Media report...
The world’s first carrier of liquefied hydrogen has arrived at Victoria’s Port of Hastings to pick up its inaugural cargo and transport it to Japan, marking a major milestone for the emerging industry.
The Suiso Frontier’s upcoming voyage carrying super-cooled liquid hydrogen from a Japanese-Australian consortium’s $500 million pilot project in the Latrobe Valley to Kobe in Japan will be the first to transport liquid hydrogen by sea to an international market.
Hydrogen – which emits only water when it burns – is seen as a promising future tool for decarbonisation as long as the process of manufacturing it is also emissionsfree. Governments are increasingly looking to hydrogen for its ability to store and transport energy generated from renewables and clean up difficult-to-decarbonise parts of the economy.
Japan, the top buyer of Australian liquefied natural gas (LNG), has set a target of ‘‘net-zero’’ emissions by 2050 and is betting on hydrogen to diminish the role of fossil fuels.
The Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain (HESC) pilot project, led by a consortium including Japan’s J-Power, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Shell and AGL, is demonstrating the conversion of Latrobe Valley brown coal into hydrogen gas.
If it becomes commercial, the project would be paired with carbon capture and storage (CCS) to trap emissions before they enter the atmosphere and bury them in depleted gas reservoirs in Bass Strait.
‘‘The 225,000 tonnes of carbonneutral liquefied hydrogen produced by HESC in a commercial phase will contribute to reducing global carbon-dioxide emissions by some 1.8 million tonnes per year – equivalent to the emissions of about 350,000 petrol-driven cars,’’ the consortium said.
The project is supported by the Japanese, Australian and Victorian governments. The Morrison government on Friday will announce a further $7.5 million to support its pre-commercialisation phase and $20 million for the CCS project.
‘‘The HESC project has the potential to become a major source of clean energy which will help Australia and Japan both reach our goals of net-zero emissions by 2050,’’ Federal Energy and Emissions Reduction Minister Angus Taylor said.
However, the project’s use of coal combined with CCS — a divisive area of climate policy — has drawn criticism from environmentalists who argue the technology’s success at large scale is unproven and fear it could prolong the use of fossil fuels.
Climate groups and some hydrogen developers insist ‘‘green’’ hydrogen — produced when renewable energy powers an electrolyser to split water into hydrogen and oxygen — is the only clean form of the fuel.
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Post by Old Techo on Mar 25, 2022 7:35:44 GMT 10
Hydrogen fuel stations on way
Lucy Cormack
Australia’s busiest freight corridor will go green under a landmark collaboration between NSW, Victoria and Queensland to establish a renewable hydrogen refuelling network for heavy trucks.
The state-led push to decarbonise logistics along the eastern seaboard will start with four hydrogen stations along the Hume Highway between Sydney and Melbourne by 2026. NSW and Victoria will contribute a combined $20 million to build the first four stations and offer grants for long-haul hydrogen freight trucks, with an expectation industry will match the investment.
Both states have set targets to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.
The ultimate goal of the strategy is to have all trucks up and down the eastern seaboard using hydrogen as a fuel. Hydrogen fuel cells emit only water vapour and are considered to be an effective tool to help decarbonise the transport sector.
Industry figures maintain the transition from diesel to hydrogen fuel cell trucks will ultimately be industry-led, but say the agreement will give confidence to the logistics sector to start a transition of fleets to hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles.
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Post by Old Techo on Apr 24, 2022 7:20:11 GMT 10
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Post by Old Techo on Jun 1, 2022 19:12:44 GMT 10
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