Green hydrogen producer Countrywide Hydrogen has revealed its hydrogen retailing strategy and launched its vehicle refuelling brand H2Co Energy. Countrywide, a subsidiary of listed green energy developer ReNu Energy, has previously announced its engineering supplier, Wood, had selected contractors and suppliers for its Tasmanian green hydrogen and green energy projects, ahead of a final investment…
By Peter Roberts The Queensland government has celebrated further progress on two of what the state says are two of more than 50 green hydrogen projects currently underway across the state. The progress in Queensland, and other states, confirms that exports of green hydrogen and ammonia promise a new commodities boon, though this time of…
Explosives and fertiliser manufacturer Orica has said it will follow on from significant reductions in carbon emissions from its New South Wales ammonia nitrate facility under the federal government’s Safeguard mechanism with further cuts planned at its Queensland sites. Speaking at a Thursday press conference, Orica CEO Sanjeev Gandhi said emissions had been cut this…
ReNu Energy’s Countrywide Hydrogen subsidiary has selected contractors and suppliers for its Tasmanian green hydrogen and green energy projects. The company’s engineering supplier Wood has selected a series of suppliers in preparation for as final investment decision being made on the projects. Countrywide is developing a number of Tasmanian green hydrogen projects including its Brighton…
Miner Rio Tinto and global trading company Sumitomo Corporation will build a pilot hydrogen plant in Gladstone, Queensland as part of a $111.1 million programme aimed at cutting emissions from the process of refining alumina. The Yarwun Hydrogen Calcination Pilot Demonstration Program received the green light after a $32.1 million co-funding boost from the federal…
The Western Australian Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Western Green Energy Hub and Korea Electric Power Corporation aiming to develop one of Australia’s largest proposed green hydrogen hubs. The Western Green Energy Hub to be located in WA’s Goldfields-Esperance region will cover 15,000 square kilometres and envisagese around 3,000 wind turbines…
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to this site were reading. 5) Fortescue progresses plans for Marsden Point green aviation fuel factory Channel Infrastructure and Fortescue Future Industries announced their investigation into a green hydrogen manufacturing facility at Marsden Point for synthetic Sustainable Aviation Fuel (eSAF) has progressed, with…
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) have begun consultation for the design of the federal government’s flagship hydrogen programme. Announced in the 2023 federal budget, Hydrogen Headstart will deliver a step change in Australia’s renewable hydrogen production by underwriting some of the largest electrolyser…
Innovative energy technology developer Sparc Hydrogen is to test its catalyst process for producing green hydrogen at the CSIRO Energy Centre in Newcastle, New South Wales. Sparc Hydrogen, a joint venture between Sparc Technologies, Fortescue Future Industries and the University of Adelaide, will conduct on sun testing of its photocatalytic water splitting reactor following an…
LINE Hydrogen has received development approval for Tasmania’s first green hydrogen production, storage and distribution facility. In 2022 the company executed a terms sheet with Climate Capital’s Bell Bay Solar Farm to construct up to a 5MW ground-mounted solar farm in George Town, Northern Tasmania. This will supply behind-the-meter renewable energy to Line Hydrogen’s proposed…