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Ritchie said:
Germany and Australia have struck a massive $50b deal to produce green hydrogen to reduce Europe's reliance on Russian energy.

Thomas as a German energy user this should please you and your family. Not sure it will please Mad Vlad tho.
It makes me proud that an Australian company will be at the forefront of decarbonising industries in not only Germany, but the Netherlands and other European countries over the next decade. looker-on looker-on
Andrew Forrest bills himself as Europe's ‘Putin solution' in $50b hydrogen deal (msn.com)
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Yes, Ritchie, you can really feel proud of that just as I'm glad that your country helps us and other countries to give that Kremlin guy a smack on the nose. Our minister for economic affairs has left no stone unturned to find alternative suppliers for the fossil fuels Russia used to deliver and still is for a short period of time. LNG and green hydrogen will come from the US and Katar, too.
 
Australia continues to stamp its name in the production of green hydrogen with the world's largest hydrogen plant to be built in South Australia State. Ironically the almost $600m clean, renewable project will be built in the famous steel city of Whyalla and is expected to be completed by 2025.
 
Ritchie said:
Australia continues to stamp its name in the production of green hydrogen with the world's largest hydrogen plant to be built in South Australia State. Ironically the almost $600m clean, renewable project will be built in the famous steel city of Whyalla and is expected to be completed by 2025.
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What is ironic about it? New technology vs old?
These days energy crisis-stricken Germany has agreed with Canada to import green hydrogen and ammonia starting in 2025. Good decision.:thumbsu:
 
The leaders in clean Hydrogen production:

Listed below are the six world leaders according to Forbes magazine.

Netherlands

Anglo-Dutch oil company Shell is leading the project together with other developers NortH2 at the Port of Ems, in the north of the Netherlands, which foresees the construction of at least 10GW of electrolyzers.

The goal is to have 1GW by 2027 and 4GW by 2030, using offshore wind energy.

In the middle of this year the feasibility study of the project will be completed, the cost of which has not been disclosed.

The hydrogen generated is planned to be used for potential heavy industry in both the Netherlands and Germany.

Germany

The Germans are also planning their own green hydrogen projects on national territory. The largest is that of AquaVentus, on the small island of Heligoland, in the North Sea.

The plan is to build there 10GW capacity by 2035.

A consortium of 27 companies, research institutions and organizations – including Shell – are promoting the project, which will use the powerful winds of the region as an energy source.

A second smaller project is planned in Rostock, on the north German coast, where a consortium led by local energy company RWE plans to build another 1GW of green energy.

Saudi Arabia

The Arab country with the largest oil reserves also plans to enter the green hydrogen market, with the so-called Helios Green Fuels Project.

It will be located in NEOM’s futuristic “smart city” on the shores of the Red Sea, in Tabuk province, in the northwest of the country.

The $ 5 billion project is expected to install 4GW of electrolyzers by 2025.
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Australia

Oceania’s largest nation is leading production plans for this new clean fuel with proposals to build 5 mega projects in its territory, thanks to its enormous renewable energy resources, in particular wind and solar.

The largest project – in the country and in the world – is the Asian Renewable Energy Hub, in the Pilbara, Western Australia, where it is planned to build a series of electrolyzer plants with a total capacity of 14GW.

The $ 36 billion project is expected to be ready by 2027-28.

The other four projects – two in Western Australia and two in eastern Queensland – are still in the initial planning phase, but would add another 13.1GW. With huge export returns estimated little wonder Australia is being called 'the next clean hydrogen power and possibly the world leader within two decades'

Saudi Arabia

The Arab country with the largest oil reserves also plans to enter the green hydrogen market, with the so-called Helios Green Fuels Project.

It will be located in NEOM’s futuristic “smart city” on the shores of the Red Sea, in Tabuk province, in the northwest of the country.

The $ 5 billion project is expected to install 4GW of electrolyzers by 2025.





Cerro Dominador thermosolar plant, in Antofagasta.



Chile

The South American country, considered one of the meccas of solar energy, was the first in the region to present a “National Green Hydrogen Strategy” in November 2020.

And it is also the only Latin American with a project in development: HyEx, from the Chilean mining services company Enaex and the French energy company Engie.

The project, based in Antofagasta, in northern Chile, will use solar energy to power electrolysers of 1.6GW.

An initial pilot test plans to install 16MW by 2024.

China
The Asian giant is the world’s leading producer of hydrogen, but so far it has used hydrocarbons to generate almost all of that energy.

However, the country is giving its first steps in the green hydrogen market with the construction of a megaproject in the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia, in the north of the country.

The project is led by the state utility company Beijing Jingneng, which will invest US $ 3 billion to generate 5GW from wind and solar energy.




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You see that Germany's own ambitions are still up in the air (2035) because our renewable energy resources will have to be built up first. Since we are energy-hungry we need a solution for the meantime which is why we are trying to get green hydrogen from different sources (Australia, USA, Canada). You notice that Germany makes a point of doing business with Western democracies and not with autocratic regimes like China, Russia, Qatar, whenever possible.
 
Australia is once again a vehicle manufacturer. No more making foreign cars for the local market either as in years to come Australians will be driving Australian designed and produced vehicles powered by our own hydrogen. This is kinda exciting...:)
 
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