Former Queensland Premier Campbell Newman has warned the state Labor government’s A$62 billion (US$39.59 billion) clean energy plan is too risky, saying the opposition should push Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk to guarantee regular mums and dads will not be forced to pay more. On Sept. 28, Palaszczuk revealed the bold plan for the state’s energy future which…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—NASA’s new moon rocket sprouted another fuel leak Wednesday as engineers tested the plumbing ahead of a launch attempt as early as next week. The daylong demo had barely begun when hazardous hydrogen fuel began escaping at the same place and same time as before, despite new seals and other repairs. Engineers halted…

While not opposed to hydrogen, newly elected federal MP Colin Boyce says governments are a long way off from efficiently tapping into the chemical to power the country, warning there were “huge issues and problems” that have received little coverage. In an address to the 47th Australian Parliament, the representative for Flynn—located in central Queensland…

PARIS—The governments of France and the United Arab Emirates signed on Monday a strategic agreement to cooperate in the energy sector, the French government said. The partnership aimed to identify joint investment projects in France, the UAE or elsewhere in the sectors of hydrogen, renewable, and nuclear energy, the French government said in a statement….

Both the Australian federal government and opposition have backed two renewable hydrogen hubs in the state of Western Australia (WA) through a $140 million (US$103.6 million) funding commitment. The bipartisan federal support for the projects comes on the back of WA government’s $117.5 million investment in late 2021 to attract federal funding for renewable hydrogen hubs…

Australia has started to follow Japan’s footsteps in diversifying trade away from China, according to Japan’s ambassador to Australia, who said he expects a closer partnership between the two countries in the metals and mining sectors as Australia’s second largest export market. Yamagami Shingo, who assumed the post of Ambassador of Japan to Australia in…

Two bicameral bills were introduced in Congress on March 11 to incentivize the maritime and shipping industries to transition to hydrogen power. “As we grapple with energy affordability and our responsibilities to the future, we need to encourage energy innovation and pursue an ‘all-of-the-above’ approach,” Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.) said in a statement. “Hydrogen fuel…

Aerospace giant Airbus and Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) have allied with the goal of creating a hydrogen-based aircraft by 2035. FFI, the green energy brainchild of mining billionaire Andew Forrest, has followed its founder’s ambitions in advancing carbon-free hydrogen as a fuel of the future. Both of the companies have ramped up efforts to research…

The Department of Energy (DoE) has released more details in formal requests for information (RFI) on two major hydrogen energy initiatives funded through last year’s infrastructure bill. The first release concerns an $8 billion program to finance at least four regional hydrogen energy hubs across the United States. The second release concerns both a $1…

Electric heat pumps, a key element of the UK government’s plan to reach its net-zero climate target, may not be able to “heat homes adequately” if the homes are not sufficiently insulated, a parliamentary committee has suggested. The UK’s Climate Change Committee (CCC) projects that by 2050 all heating in British homes will be provided…