The Western Australian government has entered into exclusive negotiations with renewable energy proponents at Narngulu Industrial Estate in Geraldton, WA for the construction of the the state’s first green ammonia export plant. Progressive Green Solutions, in partnership with Samsung C&T and KOMIPO (Korean Midland Power Co), are proposing to build a plant which is expected…
Province Resources has continued to progress its proposed HyEnergy green hydrogen export project in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia. During the latest quarter engineering firms GHD and Aurecon were appointed respectively to undertake the downstream and upstream components of the project’s pre-feasibility for ‘a large multi-gigawatt project’, according to the company. The HyEnergy project…
Green hydrogen developer Pure Hydrogen is to take over HDrive which is the distributor for zero emission vehicles and its Taurus hydrogen fuel cell truck (pictured). Pure Hydrogen will acquire 60 percent of HDrive International for the equivalent of $2.2 million, with existing shareholders retaining the rest of the company which oversaw the build and…
Preliminary master planning is underway for Iron Road’s planned multi-purpose, multi-user deep-sea port for iron, grain and green hydrogen and ammonia export at Cape Hardy on Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. The company’s Central Eyre Iron Project will integrate a ‘green pellet’ plant fuelled by renewable energy, using high grade concentrate from the company’s Central…
The scale of the renewables boom facing Australia is becoming clearer, with the task emerging as a vast one which carries with it vast opportunities. According to the Head of Policy with the Australian Constructors Association Robert Sobyra: “The renewables boom has just begun. “The 12 months to March 2023 saw a record $20 billion…
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Fortescue Future Industries, the clean energy division of Fortescue Metals Group, has announced that it has spent $US 24 million ($35 million) acquiring a 100 per cent stake in Phoenix Hydrogen Hub. PHH is developing a green hydrogen project in Buckeye, Arizona, near Phoenix. Phase one of the facility is planned to include 12,000 tonne-per-annum…
The industrial area of Kwinana south of Perth could become a centre for cutting-edge clean energy research and training with the award of a major grant to the Kwinana Energy Transformation Hub (KETH). The KETH, the flagship project of the Future Energy Exports Cooperative Research Centre (FEnEx CRC), is envisaged as a unique industrial-scale facility…
While solar PV is already sufficient for domestic use a step change in efficiency and cost is necessary for it to be the solution to future access to energy for industry, according to a new report. A white paper on the potential of ultra low-cost solar (ULCS) launched today by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency…
The Western Australian government’s Investment Attraction Fund has committed $148.4 million for 40 new projects, including $5 million for one of the state’s first end-to-end green hydrogen production systems. Infinite Green Energy’s (IGE’s) green hydrogen production system in Northam in the state’s wheatbelt will host the small scale green hydrogen production system to supply the…