Australian state plans laws to speed up hydrogen production – EQ Mag Pro
SYDNEY : The South Australia government on Tuesday announced plans to push ahead with new legislation that it said would help speed up the production of hydrogen in the state.
The new dedicated hydrogen legislation will license and regulate the production of hydrogen in South Australia, Premier Peter Malinauskas said in a statement released at the Hydrogen Conference underway in Adelaide.
The legislation will provide a single access point into government for licensing and regulating hydrogen generation projects, similar to what has been afforded to the oil, gas and geothermal industries in South Australia, the statement said.
The scope of the new law will cover manufacturing of all forms of hydrogen, including green hydrogen made from renewable energy, and blue hydrogen manufactured from methane in conjunction with carbon capture and storage to permanently sequester the associated carbon dioxide emissions, it said.
The state Labor government told the conference it was calling for designs and delivery concepts for the construction of its new hydrogen facility in the city of Whyalla.
Source: Reuters
