The Australian Government’s Emerging Aviation Technology Partnerships program has awarded Swinburne’s Aerostructures Innovation Research Hub (AIR Hub) a $1.3 million funding to develop and test Australia’s first hydrogen-powered drone.
The Korean government and four businesses—Hyundai Motor, SK E&S, Hyosung, and Hychangwon—signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish a national liquid hydrogen supply chain and increase the usage of hydrogen vehicles beginning in 2019.
As part of the collaboration on hydrogen production, the parties will work together to encourage new investment into the green hydrogen sector in NSW and other States in Australia.
HESTA, an Australian superannuation fund, has agreed to invest up to $100 million in three green hydrogen projects held by Countrywide Hydrogen subsidiary ReNu Energy.
An important new partner has joined the project of the Australian business planning to build a 1.6GW renewable hydrogen production, transportation, and export hub in the Hunter region of New South Wales.
KBR and Tractebel, part of ENGIE, have been awarded as the Owners Engineer for the Yuri project, a new renewable hydrogen factory in Western Australia’s Pilbara.
The utilization of hydrogen as a sustainable energy source is still hindered by a number of obstacles, but Osaka University researchers have made headway in eliminating many of them.
