$750,000 allocated for early planning study of $70 billion proposed green hydrogen project at Eucla

The State Government and the company behind one of the world’s largest energy projects proposed for the remote WA coastline at Eucla will spend $750,000 on an early planning study — with the minister-in-charge saying the green hydrogen product might be needed sooner than anticipated.WA Hydrogen Industry Minister Alannah MacTiernan told the Kalgoorlie Miner the State Government and InterContinental Energy would each spend $375,000 for an independent consultant to engage in early planning for the Western Green Energy Hub Project.The project, which InterContinental says would cover a 15,000sqkm area, seeks to generate up to 50 gigawatts of solar and wind power to produce 3.6 million tonnes per annum of green hydrogen for export to Europe and Asia.Ms MacTiernan said there was also potential for the hydrogen to be used in Australia.InterContinental on its website estimates the total…

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