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  • Green hydrogen hype fades but future hopes are bright

    Green hydrogen hype fades but future hopes are bright

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    Investors call it “the valley of death” – the decade-long stretch in which a budding technology struggles to become profitable. For green hydrogen, the valley is looming large after two energy giants withdrew support for multibillion-dollar Australian projects within one month. Following the announcements, a $14 billion plant will no longer be built in Gladstone,…

  • Sparc Hydrogen launches first-of-its-kind hydrogen plant in Adelaide

    Sparc Hydrogen launches first-of-its-kind hydrogen plant in Adelaide

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    David Simmons
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    Sparc Hydrogen today commissioned a pilot hydrogen reactor at the University of Adelaide’s Roseworthy Campus in collaboration with Fortescue. The Sparc Hydrogen Advanced Research Pilot (SHARP) turns research conducted by Professor Greg Metha into a reality, and is a test bed for photocatalytic water splitting (PWC). The PWC process harnesses solar energy to extract hydrogen…

  • Our power future: Solar, wind and hydrogen, but no time or cash for nukes

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    The Climate Change Authority on Thursday released its review of the ways big-emitting industries must change for the country to reach net zero emissions by 2050. “We need to seize this once in a generation opportunity to ensure Australia’s rapid and orderly transition as the world transforms to avert the worst impacts of climate change,”…

  • Peak coal: Are we saying a long goodbye to Queensland’s economic heartbeat?

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      It may be something many would prefer to ignore or even dispute, but Queensland has benefitted mightily from a product that is blamed for slowly choking the planet –  chiefly, metallurgical coal, the stuff that is used to make steel. Met coal, until recently avoided much of the angst its cousin, thermal coal (used…

  • Woodside-backed 1414 Degrees launches hydrogen production project

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    A $1 million contribution from Woodside – a leading Australian oil and gas company – will kickstart ASX-listed 1414 Degrees’ hydrogen generation ambitions. Announced today, the contribution will help fund 1414 Degrees’ SiPHyR project, designed to produce hydrogen and solid carbon via a process called methane pyrolysis. Earlier this year 1414 Degrees acquired exclusive rights…

  • Another Adelaide energy company turns to hydrogen

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    Whitebark Energy has commenced a ‘Hydrogen Commercialisation Pathway’ study to investigate the feasibility of developing and deploying hydrogen production facilities at its Cooper Basin site. In an announcement to shareholders, the company said the development of any such project would align with the federal government’s newly announced hydrogen production incentives. Whitebark said hydrogen, produced through…

  • The planets are aligning for Magnetite Mines

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    The Razorback Iron Ore tenement is part of a magnetite deposit called the Braemar Iron Formation, which contains some 50 billion tonnes of the mineral. It’s the centrepiece of South Australian mining company Magnetite Mines’ green steel ambitions. The tenement the listed company controls contains about 2 billion tonnes of mineable ore, and mineral resources…

  • 1414 Degrees secures rights to new University of Adelaide hydrogen tech

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    A method of producing hydrogen from natural gas invented by researchers at the University of Adelaide will be used exclusively by ASX-listed energy storage company 1414 Degrees. The Tonsley-based company told shareholders that it would integrate the university’s invention with its own silicon storage technology on its “quest to decarbonise high-temperature industries”. It follows 1414…

  • Greenhill Energy wants to turn your waste into hydrogen power

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    With nine years at Santos under his belt and further experience at energy giant Shell, Nicholas Mumford is well-acquainted with the energy sector. It was this time at Santos and Shell – the latter being one of the world’s biggest polluters – that inspired his work at Adelaide energy company Greenhill Energy. The firm, based…

  • WA hydrogen project is almost four times larger than Whyalla’s

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    Announced today, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency will put $1.7 million into the first phase of a five-month feasibility study for a plan to export green hydrogen and ammonia to Asia from production facilities in WA’s Kimberly region. The project would see an East Kimberly clean energy hub created, comprising Australia’s largest solar farm at…