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Japan-Australia venture starts producing hydrogen from dirty coal

Japan-Australia venture starts producing hydrogen from dirty coal

World-first trial project on safe export of hydrogen

A sign outside the coal-to-hydrogen pilot plant for Japanese Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain project in Loy Yang, Victoria, Australia, on March 12. (Photo: Reuters)

LOY YANG, Australia: A Japanese-Australian venture has begun producing hydrogen from brown coal in a A$500 million (US$390 million) pilot project that aims to show liquefied hydrogen can be produced commercially and exported safely overseas.

The plan is to create the first international supply chain for liquefied hydrogen and the next big step will be to ship a cargo on the world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier.

“We have the potential here to be world leaders in the production…

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