The government of Western Australia (WA) has released a refreshed Renewable Hydrogen Strategy for WA, with a major focus on producing green products and value-adding to the State’s resources.
The new strategy is part of the government’s plan to turn WA into a global renewable energy powerhouse – diversifying the economy and setting the State up for the future.
A locally-based renewable hydrogen industry has the potential to add billions to the WA economy as well as thousands of additional jobs per year.
The WA Renewable Hydrogen Strategy 2024-2030 focuses on:
- investing in infrastructure and activating hubs;
- speeding up approvals and enhancing social licence; and
- supporting strategic green ammonia and green metals projects.
The strategy was developed in consultation with key stakeholders and incorporates feedback to increase focus on approvals, infrastructure and land, market incentives, delivering value for regional communities and Aboriginal people, and refreshed goals and targets.
Since 2017 the WA Labor Government has allocated more than $5.4 billion (USD 3.5 billion) to support the energy transition, including new generation, transmission and storage across WA’s major electricity networks – the South West Interconnected System and North West Interconnected System.
For more information on the updated strategy see:
Comments attributed to Premier Roger Cook:
“We’re getting on with our plan to turn WA into a global renewable energy powerhouse, and we know renewable hydrogen will play a role in our green energy future.
“The hydrogen landscape has changed significantly over the past five years with advancements in technology and new national and international policy settings.
“Our refreshed strategy reflects the new landscape, with a major focus on using renewable hydrogen to produce the green materials the world needs to transition to net zero – like green ammonia and green iron.
“We’re delivering on what industry needs to make renewable hydrogen a reality – slashing red tape and streamlining approvals, and investing to unlock our strategic industrial areas.”
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