🏭LAUNCH OF WORLD-FIRST AUSTRALIAN-JAPANESE HYDROGEN ENERGY VENTURE
Who: Senior representatives of the Australian, Victorian and Japanese governments and leading members of
the Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain (HESC) consortium, led by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, including J-POWER,
Iwatani Corporation, Marubeni Corporation and AGL.
What: Launch of a world-first supply chain (HESC), between Australia and Japan. This multi-billion dollar
project will produce liquefied hydrogen from brown coal, in the Latrobe Valley, for export to Japan. The
project is a unique, cutting edge international collaboration to create a safe, clean and plentiful
environmentally-sustainable energy solution for the future.
Where: AGL Loy Yang Complex, Bartons Lane, Loy Yang, Latrobe Valley (https://goo.gl/maps/yVgTwtK5W3o)
When: Thursday, 12 April, 2018. 11.15am (for 11.30am start) to 1.30pm.
Why: To announce the HESC pilot phase is moving from concept to reality, demonstrating the viability of
producing hydrogen in Victoria, for export to Japan. Construction is expected to start from 2019.