Japan Makes A$2.35bn Investment in Victorian Hydrogen
by Esmarie Iannucci (Mining Weekly) The Japanese government, through its Green Innovation Fund, has committed A$2.35-billion to establish the Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain (HESC) project, in Victoria.
The HESC project was piloted in January of last year, and achieved a world first by demonstrating that clean liquid hydrogen can be extracted from a mix of Latrobe Valley coal and biomass, liquified, shipped and unloaded in the Port of Kobe in Japan.
The federal and state governments contributed a combined A$100-million in funding to the A$500-million pilot project, with the remainder provided by the Japanese government and project partners. READ MORE