The federal Labor government has launched a bid to build what it claims to be the “world’s largest renewable hydrogen” facility in Brisbane, Australia.
The government-backed Australian Renewable Energy Agency will put $13.7 million into the development of a green hydrogen facility dedicated to decarbonising an ammonia plant.
The grant will go to billionaire Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue Future Industries, along with Incitec Pivot Limited, to investigate and design a $38 million facility capable of producing up to 70,000 tonnes of renewable hydrogen per year with a 500 megawatt electrolyser.
“The project will provide valuable insights into the cost of producing renewable hydrogen and adapting infrastructure to facilitate exports of renewable ammonia,” Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen said in a statement….