Mining giant Fortescue Metals Group has begun commissioning its 100 MW solar farm at the North Star Junction south of Port Hedland in Western Australia, as the company progresses toward a target of real zero by 2030.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese insists Australia is “on track” to become a global renewable hydrogen superpower despite mining billionaire and green hydrogen advocate Andrew Forrest signalling a major slowdown of Fortescue’s ambitions.
Operator of Sydney’s Bankstown Airport has partnered with an Australian electric and hydrogen-cell powered aircraft designer and manufacturer to introduce hydrogen as an aviation fuel on site, paving the way for sustainable flight in Australia.
The Commonwealth government says it will fast track the development of a proof-of-origin scheme for hydrogen and renewable electricity to help Australian industry meet growing domestic and international demand for verified renewable energy and clean products.
United States-based hydrogen fuel cell manufacturer Hyzon has announced it will halt its operations in Australia, citing challenging market conditions and waning government support.
The development of a custom control program that allows for the autonomous management of the sub-systems that make up a hybrid solar and green hydrogen microgrid helping to power the Western Australian town of Denham is among the key lessons outlined in a new report released by the state government.
A Victorian manufactured, 10 kW renewable hydrogen generator has been installed 120 km east of Melbourne, as part of a pilot project to provide backup to telecommunications towers disabled by outages.
A proposed 10 GW renewables-based hydrogen production facility to be developed in the Northern Territory by Climate Impact Corporation will include an upstream Darwin-based electrolyser and atmospheric water generator manufacturing facility.
South Australia-based Sparc Hydrogen has struck an agreement with an international partner that will see it advance the development of pilot testing of its photocatalytic technology to produce commercially viable green hydrogen from water using concentrated solar.
Thermal solar company Vast Renewables and German-headquartered energy company Mabanaft have further cemented their partnership with a joint development agreement to advance Vast’s CSP-powered green methanol reference plant, Solar Methanol 1.