
Leigh Creek Energy's low-cost hydrogen pitch
South Australian company Leigh Creek Energy says it can produce 200-million kilograms of hydrogen a year at less than $1 per kg to fuel growing global demand.
South Australian company Leigh Creek Energy says it can produce 200-million kilograms of hydrogen a year at less than $1 per kg to fuel growing global demand.
Adelaide-based company Australian Gas Networks has been awarded $1.28 million in Federal Government funding to support a study into introducing renewable hydrogen into South Australian and Victorian towns.
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South Australia’s race to become the nation’s number one state for hydrogen production and export just got a lot tougher.
Plans to produce hydrogen in the Cooper Basin for up to 50 years, strongly encouraged by the State Government, have stumbled badly for lack of finance.
South Australia’s first green hydrogen plant will be built near Port Lincoln, with the hope of opening up an industry that proponents say could eventually surpass the value of Australia’s multi-billion-dollar gas exports.
The State Government wants to create a hydrogen export industry as part of a strategy that includes opening hydrogen refuelling stations across South Australia.