February 22, 2022

AGL and Fortescue Future Industries will conduct 12 feasibility study into a green hydrogen production facility at Liddell

The Hunter's renewable energy infrastructure is second to none but it is the region's people who Twiggy Forrest says will be responsible for making the Hunter's clean energy revolution a reality. In an impassioned address, the mining billionaire urged workers at the ageing Liddell power station on Wednesday to embrace his vision for green hydrogen production in the region.

Dr Andrew Twiggy Forrest at Liddell power station on Wednesday. Picture: Simone DePeak.

"The future is definitely renewable energy. The change we are going through will be bigger than anything we have ever seen; it will be a greater change than the industrial revolution. And we ladies and gentlemen here in the Hunter are at the heart of it," he said.

"I would like to see the Hunter become one of the great pearls if not the great pearl of the renewable energy product and fuel sector of our planet and of our country."

Dr Forrest arrived at Liddell by helicopter to sign a memorandum of understanding to investigate green hydrogen production as part of AGL's 10 hectare Hunter Energy Park.

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The project to be powered by clean energy, delivered through grid-scale batteries, solar thermal storage, wind, pumped hydro and the co-location of industry, has the potential to create more than 1000 full time jobs across energy production, advanced manufacturing, recycling and the production of chemicals.

AGL and Fortescue Future Industries will conduct a feasibility study over the next 12 months to map key operational and commercial plans for the project and enable the development of a production timeline.

Read the full article published in the Newcastle Herald 22nd February 2022

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