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OK, neat, so they're going to produce green hydrogen using Australia's abundant solar? Not perfect since shipping will involve some carbon emissions, but still,

OK, neat, so they're going to produce green hydrogen using Australia's abundant solar? Not perfect since shipping will involve some carbon emissions, but still, will be better than making it from natural gas. "The hydrogen will be produced and liquified in the Australian state of Victoria, where it will be extracted from a type of coal known as lignite." "But every tonne of hydrogen produced from coal emits 20 tonnes of carbon dioxide, more than double the CO2 emissions created when hydrogen is produced from natural gas." Oh.

Qwertious 6y ago
"Not perfect since shipping will involve some carbon emissions, but still, will be better than making it from natural gas." If they're shipping hydrogen, it wouldn't be that hard to include a fuel cell and power the ship via hydrogen. It might not be cost-effective yet but it would be more environmentally friendly, and would likely simplify logistics.
pjc50 6y ago
> Commercial-scale hydrogen production from coal without carbon-capture would be "climate vandalism", he said. Yup. It's a scam to keep Australia's coal industry going when the world needs it to close.