Australian oil and gas giant Woodside has announced plans it may be making and shipping hydrogen to power Singaporean data centres and Japanese cities as the world transitions away from carbon dioxide-emitting energy. Hydrogen transportation technology involves liquefying and, in effect, shrinking the gas by cooling it to below minus 253 degrees Celsius, which allows for the export of considerably larger quantities of the resource. The plan expects to create a long-term supply chain between the nations and utilise Woodside’s proposed $1 billion (US$700 million) H2Perth hydrogen plant—one of the largest of its kind in the world—in the outskirts of Perth, Western Australia. “H2Perth is ideally located in Western Australia for shipping to Singapore and Japan and the project site is close to existing gas, power, water and port infrastructure, as well as a skilled local residential workforce,” Woodside Chief Executive Meg O’Neill said. The zero-emissions plant is estimated to …