Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain (HESC) project

In January 2022, the HESC project pilot phase demonstrated the extraction of clean liquid hydrogen from Latrobe Valley coal and shipped overseas to Kobe in Japan. The project is now in the feasibility phase. Funding: $50 million awarded in 2018 for the pilot program delivery (delivered January 2022); $7.5 million announced in 2022 towards $184 million pre-commercialisation (feasibility) phase - conditional on Victorian Government also committing $7.5 million. The decision to move to commercial production will be made in the 2020s, with operations targeted in the 2030s.

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