Hydrogen train is on the move it seems with a visit from the Japanese PM Following the signing of the Japan-Australia Free Trade Agreement on PM Abbott’s recent visit to Japan, Japanese PM Shinzo Abe will visit Western Australia and the Pilbara region this week. The visit comes at a time when renewable energy, and hydrogen, are an increasing focus for Japan’s energy planners, and energy security is a major topic. Abe’s visit will coincide with the 25th anniversary of the first shipment of LNG from the North West Shelf LNG project to Japan, and will reinforce strong, long-standing traditional energy and minerals trade ties in the face of growing resource competition and heightened strategic tensions with China. But the visit is also interesting in the context of efforts to reduce Japan’s reliance on fossil fuels, and to reduce the carbon intensity of Japanese industry. Hydrogen is often dismissed as ‘the fuel of tomorrow, and always will be’. But the hydrogen train is moving. A recent report talked of a new breakthrough in the use of hydrogen. It has huge potential for Australia to exploit its solar resources to deliver the fuel. reneweconomy.au/2014/abe-visit-may-hasten-solar-fuel-exports-from-pilbara-28277
Posted on: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 05:31:28 +0000
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