Australia’s first industrial cargo of liquid hydrogen (LH2) will head to Japan aboard the Suiso Frontier, the world’s first LH2 service, which was welcomed Down Beneath immediately by the nation’s prime minister, Scott Morrison.
The Hydrogen Power Provide Chain (HESC) challenge turns coal and biomass feed inventory from Victoria into LH2, chilled to minus 253C and liquified to lower than 800 instances its gaseous quantity.
“The HESC challenge places Australia on the forefront of the worldwide power transition to decrease emissions by clear hydrogen, which is a gas of the longer term,” Morrison mentioned immediately as the primary cargo readied to move again to Japan the place the Susio Frontier was constructed.
“The arrival of the Suiso Frontier marks the daybreak of Australia’s hydrogen business,” chair of Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) Yoshinori Kanehana mentioned.
KHI constructed the landmark vessel in addition to a devoted LH2 terminal in Kobe to kickstart this new Asia Pacific power tradelane.
Suiso Frontier has one, 1,250 cu m vacuum-insulated, Kind C storage tank with KHI now engaged on creating bigger designs.