The hydrogen will be liquefied, and will be transported seaborne to the hydrogen discharging terminal on Kobe Airport Island Electric Power Development Co., Ltd. (referred to as J-POWER) announced on 1 Feb 2021, commencement of hydrogen production from the coal gasification and hydrogen refining facility in the Japan-Australia Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain (HESC) project. The Latrobe Valley (Victoria, Australia) coal is low-grade featuring low carbonisation and high moisture and impurities content. Despite its huge deposit, it is not suitable for transportation mainly due to its high moisture content. Most of the coal remains unused except for limited purposes like consumption at power plants adjacent to mining areas. This project aims […]