Australia ’s Renewable Energy Agency is investing £1 m ( $ 1.1 m ) in an AUD3.3 m hydrogen plant , with Japan seen as a potential customer . Japan is seen as a potential market for Australian hydrogen. This will be used to generate green hydrogen , which will fuel a range of gas appliances , blended into natural gas supplies and exported . Japan has spent more than $ 16bn on hydrogen research since the Fukushima nuclear disaster , and the Australian plant will export green hydrogen to power the 2020 Summer Olympics using specialised tankers built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries . Kawasaki is already part of a government - backed scheme to gasify brown coal to make hydrogen in Victoria state .
Australia ’s Renewable Energy Agency is investing £1 m ( $ 1.1 m ) in an AUD3.3 m hydrogen plant , with Japan seen as a potential customer . This will be used to generate green hydrogen , which will fuel a range of gas appliances , blended into natural gas supplies and exported . Japan has spent more than $ 16bn on hydrogen research since the Fukushima nuclear disaster , and the Australian plant will export green hydrogen to power the 2020 Summer Olympics using specialised tankers built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries . Kawasaki is already part of a government - backed scheme to gasify brown coal to make hydrogen in Victoria state .