Several research projects related to brown coal have received funding from Brown Coal Innovation Australia (BCIA). This month BCIA announced grants for the assessment of hydrogen production and export from Victoria, and for research aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions from brown-coal-fired powerstations by increasing the efficiency of a direct injection coal engine. The hydrogen project, to be carried out by HRL Developments in association with Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries, has received $300,000. It will examine the technical and economic merits of various options for producing hydrogen from Latrobe Valley brown coal, at both pilot and commercial-scale. The emissions project, to be carried out by CSIRO Advanced Coal Technology and Exergen, will receive $1.3 million. It will investigate high-efficiency power generation using processed brown coal in an adapted diesel engine. It expects to achieve a 45% reduction in CO2 emissions.
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