The federal government has announced a major boost to the development of a green hydrogen production sector, earmarking $70 million to support the development of a hydrogen hub in Townsville. The Government released guidelines for the competitive Townsville Region Hydrogen Hub programme, which will deliver $70 million towards projects that accelerate the development of a…
Environmental Clean Technologies and Calleja Group have signed a binding MoU to jointly develop a waste innovation hub capable of producing hydrogen and carbon products from wastes at the JBD Industrial Park in Bacchus Marsh in regional Victoria. ECT is developing its COLDry process commercial demonstration project which dries lignite or brown coal with zero…
Swinburne University’s Aerostructures Innovation Research Hub (AIR Hub) will develop and trial Australia’s first hydrogen propelled drone, thanks to a $1.3 million grant from the federal government’s Emerging Aviation Technology Partnerships programme. The university’s Hydrogen to the Skies (H22S) project will design and integrate a new hydrogen propulsion system into a large drone, working with…
A third university-led consortium has been awarded $50 million through the Trailblazer program during the current federal election campaign.
The Western Australian government has announced that Sunshot Energy will be awarded “up to $1 million” through the Collie Futures Industry Development Fund to begin a feasibility study into a new green energy hub.
A multimillion-dollar renewable energy venture is to produce green hydrogen and ammonia for export and domestic use in Bundaberg, Queensland, adding to a growing network of regional production sites. A joint venture between Clean Holdings Pty Ltd and Singapore based CAC-H2 Pte Ltd plans long term investment in excess of $400 million in Bundaberg for…
The federal government has officially announced $7 million in support for the Hycel Technology Hub at Deakin University’s Warrnambool Hub, which it says would help support the national economic goal of ‘H2 under $2’.
The Victorian government has announced $14.2 million in support for Deakin University-based hydrogen and battery storage research facilities.
By Brent Balinski It’s the hope of many Australian manufacturers that governments will appreciate the true value of purchasing locally, and that consumers will do the same. It starts at the top, believes Jason Riddle, co-owner and director at Toowoomba-based welder and fabricator JRS Manufacturing Group. “There’s so much work that’s currently brought in from…
Two new hydrogen clusters will be officially announced at the 2021 Australian Hydrogen Conference today. Gladstone Engineering Alliance (GEA) and Toowoomba and Surat Basin Enterprise (TSBE) have been awarded $50,000 each by the Queensland government “to progress their cluster strategies.” These will join the national network of 13 clusters announced in February and led by…
