A green hydrogen and ammonia project in regional New South Wales has reached financial close, with construction set to begin in October, according to an announcement on Wednesday. The Good Earth Green Hydrogen and Ammonia project is a joint venture between Hiringa Energy, Sundown Pastoral Company and the NSW Government. The facility will be located…
Hazer Group has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with UK-based EnergyPathways to assess the development of a clean hydrogen production facility in northwest England. The proposed project aims to develop a Hazer-licenced facility producing 20,000 tonnes per annum integrated with EnergyPathways’ Marram Energy Storage Hub infrastructure project. Under the MOU, the parties will conduct…
Hazer Group announced on Monday significant progress under its strategic alliance with Kellogg Brown and Root, established to accelerate the commercial deployment and licensing of the Hazer Process. The alliance is now in execution phase, with active workstreams underway across technology scale-up and development, joint marketing and customer engagement. An integrated team of commercial and…
Hazer Group announced on Monday it had raised $10 million through a placement and share purchase plan to drive commercialisation of its methane pyrolysis technology for clean hydrogen production. The Perth-based technology company successfully raised $8 million from existing and new institutional and sophisticated investors through a placement at 31 cents per share, representing a…
The Albanese Government has outlined its ambitious plan to transform Australia into a global green metals powerhouse, with $3 billion in funding aimed at capturing emerging low-carbon export opportunities. Speaking at the launch of the Superpower Institute’s ‘A Green Iron Plan for Australia’ report in Canberra, Assistant Minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury Dr…
In a breakthrough that could steam ahead of conventional energy storage, Australian innovator MGA Thermal has fired up the world’s first commercial Electro-Thermal Energy Storage (ETES) system capable of delivering 24/7 renewable industrial steam. Unveiled Monday at the company’s Tomago site in Newcastle, the system harnesses the power of latent heat through cleverly engineered Miscibility…
Australian materials tech company Zeotech has scored a major win in its quest to decarbonise the construction industry, with independent testing confirming its AusPozz product delivers remarkable strength improvements while dramatically cutting concrete’s carbon footprint. According to an ASX announcement on Monday, the Brisbane-based company’s high-reactivity metakaolin (HRM) product achieved a 50 per cent strength…
Construction products company Boral has been awarded a $24.5 million grant from the federal government to assist in a new cement kiln infrastructure project, which it says will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by up to 100,000 tonnes per annum. Boral said in a statement on Friday that the kiln feed optimisation project at Berrima Cement…
Producing iron using renewable hydrogen is Australia’s best pathway to remain competitive as the global steel industry decarbonises, according to research published by Deloitte and WWF-Australia on Wednesday. The report, titled Forging Futures: Changing the nature of iron and steel production, assessed different approaches for Australia to support steelmaking decarbonisation in the Asia-Pacific region, which…
By Changlong Wang, Monash University and Stuart Walsh, Monash University Hydrogen was once sold as a universal climate fix — a clean, green wonder fuel for cars, homes, power grids and even global export. But reality has cooled that buzz. This week, the South Australian government shelved plans for a A$593 million hydrogen power plant,…