Hyped and expensive, hydrogen has a place in Australia’s energy transition, but only with urgent government support
- Written by Alison Reeve, Deputy Program Director, Energy and Climate Change, Grattan Institute
If you listen to the dreamers, hydrogen is the magical fuel of the future that can replace everything from the petrol in your car to the coal in a steelworks.
Hype around hydrogen has been building in Australia since at least 2018. Every government has a hydrogen strategy. Hydrogen has been promoted as a replacement for our coal and gas exports,...





