• Turning hydrogen hype into action

    Henry Campbell     |      December 7, 2024

    The Australian government envisions Australia as a renewable energy superpower, and the “Future Made in Australia” policy commits billions to building a domestic hydrogen industry, but when will it actually happen?

  • Cracking the hydrogen problem

    Open Forum     |      February 19, 2023

    Researchers have developed a cheaper and more energy-efficient way to make hydrogen directly from seawater, in a critical step towards a truly viable green hydrogen industry.

  • The future of steel: Hydrogen vs coal

    Peter Farley     |      January 12, 2022

    It should soon be cheaper to use renewables and green hydrogen to refine metals in Australia rather than use coal in the Northern Hemisphere.

  • Some thoughts on the hydrogen economy

    Peter Farley     |      March 31, 2021

    Hydrogen offers a potential energy source with a wide range of applications in power generation, transport and other applications.

  • Fixing Australia’s energy strategy through green hydrogen

    Sung-Young Kim     |      December 23, 2020

    It is time the federal government ditches its ideology of ‘technology neutrality’ and throws all its weight behind where real money is to be made in the near future — green hydrogen.

  • How green hydrogen can become cheap enough to compete with fossil fuels

    Lachlan Gilbert     |      October 12, 2020

    The green hydrogen revolution is coming, and Australia is perfectly placed to take advantage of it, according to a new analysis of production costs.

  • Opportunities for Australia’s hydrogen industry

    Elizabeth Thurbon     |      December 30, 2019

    Seizing the opportunity to develop hydrogen technology would allow Australia to decarbonise its economy while meeting East Asia’s growing appetite for zero-emissions energy solutions.

  • Electrolysis breakthrough could solve the hydrogen conundrum

    Open Forum     |      September 25, 2019

    The race is on to find cheap, efficient, non-polluting ways of generating and storing hydrogen and a new Australian breakthrough may soon lead the way.

  • High hopes again for hydrogen

    Michael Brear     |      December 19, 2018

    The promise of a hydrogen economy has waxed and waned for 50 years, but its falling cost of production through renewable sources could make this perennial ‘fuel of the future’ a reality at last.