A few more comments from the passing of this legislation from...

A few more comments from the passing of this legislation from the Federal Hansard from Tuesday:

Senator KIM CARR (Victoria) (13:28):
....It means that the mining of Victoria's extensive brown coal reserves can have a future and can contribute to the lowering of global emissions and not to increasing them. Hydrogen is effective as a zero-emissions fuel, and it is used in motor vehicles, for example, which see the emission of water vapour rather than other noxious vapours. All of this is undoubtedly good, but the export of hydrogen produced in this country is also a reminder of what we have to do to invest in the development of alternative fuels for use here....

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Senator VAN (Victoria) (13:19):
The recently announced National Hydrogen Strategy highlights the economic opportunity the hydrogen export industry presents for Australia. It also aims to position our industry as a major player by 2030. The CarbonNet Project will facilitate the Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain project, which aims to produce hydrogen from brown coal resources and requires suitable carbon capture and storage resources. This is the cheapest way to produce clean hydrogen. The government has invested $50 million so far in the world's first Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain pilot project, worth half a billion dollars in total. It is aimed at producing hydrogen from brown coal in Victoria's Latrobe Valley and liquefying and transporting the hydrogen to Japan. The pilot project is aimed to safely produce and transport clean hydrogen from Victoria to Japan. I am pleased that this pilot project presents an opportunity for our nation to establish a new hydrogen export industry and develop its own domestic hydrogen supply by using the Latrobe Valley's abundant coal reserves. As well as supporting a cleaner future, the pilot project supports great potential for new jobs, based on brown coal in the Latrobe Valley.

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