“ABB is excited to collaborate on this world-first pilot to commercialize technology for liquefying and transporting hydrogen from Australia and deliver clean energy to Japan, while also reducing emissions,” said Peter Terwiesch, President of ABB’s Industrial Automation business. ABB has joined a pilot project designed to test the viability of commercialising the production of hydrogen from brown coal, its liquefaction and transportation from Australia to Japan. The project, which is being led by Monash University in Melbourne, will see two large scale demonstration plants built at the company’s new plant near Geelong, Victoria. Energy firm ABB will offer automation, electrification and instrumentation support under contracts with both Australia and Japan. The project will test the production of hydrogen gas through brown coal gasification, the liquefaction of hydrogen gas, approaches to storage and transportation across the Asia-Pacific region, and will begin next year.
ABB has joined a pilot project designed to test the viability of commercialising the production of hydrogen from brown coal, its liquefaction and transportation from Australia to Japan. The project, which is being led by Monash University in Melbourne, will see two large scale demonstration plants built at the company’s new plant near Geelong, Victoria. Energy firm ABB will offer automation, electrification and instrumentation support under contracts with both Australia and Japan. The project will test the production of hydrogen gas through brown coal gasification, the liquefaction of hydrogen gas, approaches to storage and transportation across the Asia-Pacific region, and will begin next year.