Hydrogen projects account for a staggering 35% of the total investment pipeline for energy and mineral resource projects in Australia, according to a new federal government report.
The association representing electricity and fossil gas businesses has raised a range of questions about Western Australia's plans to introduce a renewable hydrogen target.
Hundreds of large energy-using sites will no longer be exempt from Victoria's energy efficiency scheme, the state's new gas substitution roadmap confirms.
Generation and storage capacity in the east coast energy market must triple by 2050, and that doesn't include any provision for the power needs of hydrogen exporters, according to Australia's energy system operator.
A $25 million project that will produce hydrogen and graphite from biomethane has started initial testing of its technology at a large sewage treatment plant.
A company now chaired by former Woodside chief executive Peter Coleman is seeking environmental approval for a $450 million green hydrogen project that would service the mining industry.