Hydrogen Valley vision for Washington gets boost from Aussies’ proposed plant

An Australian company is eying property next to the soon-to-close coal power plant in Centralia, Washington, to build a big hydrogen fuel production facility. Fortescue Future Industries went public with its plans during a hydrogen symposium hosted by the Economic Alliance of Lewis County on Thursday.Fortescue Future Industries is a clean energy subsidiary of an iron ore mining giant, Fortescue Metals Group, based in Australia. The firm has made a string of announcements recently that paint a picture of big ambitions to produce “green hydrogen” globally.Fortescue’s North America President, Paul Browning, said the property next to the TransAlta coal plant caught his company’s eye for multiple reasons. Among them: a workforce available soon, abundant water rights, and rail and power connections.Artist’s rendering of the hydrogen production plant proposed in Centralia, Washington, by…

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