Australia closes in on record

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AUSTRALIA is a step closer to shipping the world's first ever cargo of liquefied hydrogen with the start-up of a pilot project in Victoria. The Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain (HESC) project partners confirmed late last week that operations had commenced at both the gasification and gas refining facilities for the coal-to-hydrogen project. The pilot project is aiming to deliver the world's first international hydrogen supply chain and will see the gasification of Latrobe Valley coal into hydrogen, which will then be transported to the Port of Hastings for liquefaction and shipped to Japan. The first liquefied hydrogen cargo is expected to depart by the middle of the year on board the world's first liquefied hydrogen carrier, the Suiso Frontier, which was built by one of the project partners, Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI).