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Australian junior looks to build Queensland hydrogen plant Real Energy could use its existing gas resources or waste water from coalbed methane operations to produce hydrogen Australian junior Real Energy is looking to pursue opportunities in hydrogen energy with plans to build a hydrogen plant in Queensland. Real revealed Wednesday it had established a subsidiary named Pure Hydrogen to carry out a scoping study to assess the viability of building, owning and operating the hydrogen fuel plant. BP gets funding for renewable hydrogen study in Australia The proposed plant will have a minimum annual production capacity of 36 million kilograms of hydrogen, with two sites currently under consideration, one in the Surat basin and another near the liquefied natural gas export hub of Gladstone. Real noted its existing gas resources could be used to provide feedstock for a natural gas to hydrogen plant, while waste water from dewatering its coalbed methane field at Project Venus could also be used to produce hydrogen via electrolysis. Real said it had been assessing hydrogen opportunities following the release of the federal government’s National Hydrogen Strategy last year, while its plans received a further boost by the government’s announcement this month it was committed to investing A$300 million into the nation’s hydrogen industry. Industry backs findings of emissions reduction review “With the federal government also committed to this sector, we believe our investment and commitment to these scoping studies is appropriately timed and we see enormous potential to develop a hydrogen industry in Australia,” Real managing director Scott Brown said. “Whilst this is an excellent development for Real Energy, it in no way detracts from our efforts in advancing Project Venus and extracting value from our Windorah Gas Project. These projects remain important to Real Energy’s ambitions in Queensland and we expect to report on progress with respect to Project Venus very soon.” By Josh Lewis Wed, 20 May 2020 03:37:03 0200 |
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