"So if all the red dirt that happens to exist in Western Australia is going to continue having value, hydrogen has to work," particularly for iron ore and steel production, as well as for ammonia and chemicals, O'Brien said at a West Australian Mining Club industry panel in Perth, Australia.
Though "blue hydrogen" made from fossil fuels is currently "a lot cheaper" even when done with carbon capture and storage compared to green hydrogen made from renewable energy, O'Brien questioned whether miners' customers would accept their use of fossil fuel-based, carbon-neutral hydrogen in the future..
"What we now see is that hydrogen, and green hydrogen in particular, is a massive export opportunity for Australia," she said, especially for Western Australia, which gets more hours of sunshine per day than any other part of the country.
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