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Hydrogen can play a key role in Australia’s energy transition by giving us additional ways of storing and moving energy around. As the world shifts towards cleaner energy production, there’s a push to make hydrogen production cleaner as well. In Australia, low-emission hydrogen is produced in two main ways.
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To reach the goal of 82% renewable energy in Australia’s grid by 2030, we’ll need to build a lot more solar.
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