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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Graham Readfearn

The Australian’s back-of-the-envelope green hydrogen figures are overblown and forget climate impact

Aerial view of solar panels
Darling Downs solar farm, Queensland. The previous Coalition government’s own policy stated about 3% of land would be needed to supply the world with green hydrogen by 2050. Photograph: Apa Group Handout/EPA

How much land would be needed for enough solar panels and windfarms to supply the world with green hydrogen?

In a story in The Australian this week, the apparent answer was about 25% of Australia’s entire land mass.

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