18 February 2021 11:46 GMT Updated 18 February 2021 11:50 GMT
Australian natural resources company Province Resources has unveiled a plan to produce green hydrogen from 1GW of wind and solar energy in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia.
The company normally focused on the exploration and development of various minerals such as copper or gold made the announcement for the gigawatt-scale green hydrogen project in the wake of its planned acquisition of exploration firm Ozexco.
Ozexco holds exploration license applications for minerals such as salt and potash in the region, which Province Resources says is also potentially suitable for a renewable green hydrogen development on a gigawatt scale called HyEnergy.
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The TUC has urged the UK foreign secretary to reject the Australian candidate to lead the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), saying it would set back the fight against poverty and the climate crisis. Frances O’Grady, the head of the trade union body, said she was concerned that the UK was preparing to vote in favour of Mathias Cormann, the former Australian finance minister who has a reputation for defending.
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economics of each proposed project is a stable and long-term supply
of waste. Local councils often coordinate and combine their waste
quantities to support the development of large scale EfW projects.
To minimise transportation of waste, projects are often located
close to the major sources of waste, for example cities for their
municipal waste or large industrial emitters of waste. However, and
as mentioned, this creates a tension with the local community.
The community opposition could be avoided by locating EfW plants
SoCalGas’ Exploration of Hydrogen Blending Moves Forward with Field Test, Demonstration Program
Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) recently revealed separate field test and demonstration programs to clear the way for commercial-scale blending of hydrogen into its gas distribution system.
The Sempra Energy subsidiary plans to begin a two-year field test in March at its engineering facility east of downtown Los Angeles, examining a new technology that can simultaneously separate and compress hydrogen from a natural gas-hydrogen blend.
Developed by Netherlands-based HyET Hydrogen, the technology to be tested is designed to provide pure highly compressed hydrogen wherever a natural gas distribution system exists.