Thursday 19 March 2020

BHP, Anglo, Fortescue and Hatch partner on green hydrogen consortium

BHP, Fortescue, Anglo American and Hatch have launched a green hydrogen consortium to tackle the mining industry’s carbon dioxide emissions.

They plan to search for additional ways of increasing the adoption and application of hydrogen within the mining sector with the aim of decarbonising its operations.

In a joint announcement, the companies said: "the new consortium’s main goal is to help eliminate the obstacles to the adoption of green hydrogen technologies and encourage innovative applications.

“The goal is to identify opportunities to develop green hydrogen technologies for the resources sector and other heavy industries. Hydrogen’s many different applications make it an ideal technology to collaborate on and through collaboration and innovation the group hopes to accelerate cost reductions and technology readiness of green hydrogen and work through some of the current challenges to try to solve or eliminate them.”

The consortium suggests it will also provide a mechanism for suppliers and operators to contribute to and engage with a range of development activities, including research, technology, supply chain development and piloting green hydrogen technologies.