green hydrogen

Australia’s quest for hydrogen superpower status is about to bomb out. We need a new green energy statecraft.

This week, Australia began a climate pivot on its relationship with the region. Fossil fuels are out and exporting green energy and green manufacturing techniques are in.

Investigations begin into a renewable hydrogen target that would see a certain percentage of electricity in the state’s southwest be fuelled by hydrogen.

Japan has 14 times more solar and offshore wind energy potential than needed to supply all its current electricity demand.

Energy use will shift from accumulation to replacement, and encouraging all sources of clean energy supply is the most efficient way to accelerate the world’s ‘modern energy revolution’, says Dr Alan Finkel.

Guy Debelle’s departure from the RBA for Andrew Forrest’s green hydrogen play isn’t exactly the kind of subtle, indirect signal that we’re used to from central bankers.

The world is racing to develop a vaccine for COVID-19, and there are encouraging signs we might find one in record time. But could technology help us get there even more quickly?