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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Peter Hannam

More support for hydrogen needed to stop Australia lagging on clean energy, Japanese expert warns

Mr Tatsuya Terazawa is Chairman and CEO at the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan. He is currently in Australia as an Asia Society-Victoria distinguished fellow
Tatsuya Terazawa is chairman and CEO at the Institute of Energy Economics in Japan. He says small modular nuclear reactors are ‘actually happening’. Photograph: Asia Society-Victoria

Australia’s hope of becoming a clean energy superpower won’t be realised unless it lifts support for hydrogen and considers carbon capture and storage or even small modular nuclear reactors, a visiting Japanese expert said.

Tatsuya Terazawa, chief executive of Japan’s Institute of Energy Economics and an Asia Society-Victoria distinguished fellow, said Australia’s appeal for investors would also hinge on how it treated LNG projects.

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