Hydrogen energy
Report
The breakthrough agenda report 2024: accelerating sector transitions through stronger international collaboration
The Breakthrough Agenda assesses progress on international collaboration in six major emitting sectors – power, hydrogen, road transport, steel, cement and buildings. This report provides an assessment of progress on clean energy and updates recommendations for what more needs to be done.
Briefing paper
Hope and hydrogen – Australia’s hydrogen export charade
The Australian Government is budgeting for green hydrogen production of around 500,000 tonnes per year into the 2040s. Given the first users of green hydrogen will be existing industrial users of fossil hydrogen, this leaves no hydrogen for export from Australia. This briefing note formed part of the Australia Institute’s submission to the Hydrogen Production...
Report
Hydrogen: hype, hope, or hard work?
Hydrogen can help Australia hit net-zero carbon emissions. This report calls on the Australian government to promote hydrogen use in the production of ammonia, alumina and iron.
Report
'Renewable gas' campaigns leave Victorian gas distribution networks and consumers at risk
The authors of this report argue that governments and regulators should act to protect consumers, by ensuring that gas distribution networks' campaigning activities are lawful under Australian consumer law, and that expenditure on ‘renewable gas’ activities is not approved where it is not in the long-term interests of energy consumers.
Policy report
A policy plan for decarbonising homes
Reducing carbon emissions from homes is a crucial step in reaching net zero. This report sets out an outline policy plan for decarbonising the UK’s home heating.