Hydrogen Innovation Challenge launched

Zero Carbon Hydrogen Australia, an initiative within industry body the Smart Energy Council, has announced the launch of its Hydrogen Innovation Challenge. The challenge offers the winner free publicity in the council’s magazine, a showcase at its Smart Energy Conference and Exhibition in Sydney next month, and a 12-month membership with the organisation. Nominations opened…

We urgently need $100bn for renewable energy. But call it statecraft, not ‘industry policy’

By Elizabeth Thurbon, UNSW Sydney; Alexander M. Hynd, UNSW Sydney, and Hao Tan, University of Newcastle This week, a diverse group of organisations called on the Australian federal government to establish a A$100 billion, ten-year policy package to turbocharge Australia’s green energy transition. Proposed by groups including the Australian Council of Trade Unions, Australian Conservation…