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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Graham Readfearn

Japan to spend $2.35bn on turning Victorian Latrobe Valley coal into ‘clean hydrogen’

The Suiso Frontier, the world's first hydrogen carrier, built by Japan's Kawasaki Heavy Industries, is pictured upon its arrival from Kobe, Japan at the Port of Hastings in Victoria, Australia
Last year the Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain project delivered a world-first cargo of liquefied hydrogen to Japan on a purpose-built ship, seen here. Photograph: HySTRA/Reuters

Japan is putting $2.35bn into a project to turn coal from Victoria’s Latrobe Valley into “clean hydrogen” using carbon capture and storage technology.

The investment marks the start of the “commercial demonstration phase” of the Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain (HESC) project which last year delivered a world-first cargo of liquefied hydrogen to Japan on a purpose-built ship.

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