ABC News (Australia) published this video item, entitled “Documents show natural gas could play major role in Northern Territory gas precinct plan | ABC News” – below is their description.
Documents prepared by the Northern Territory government show so-called blue hydrogen requiring natural gas will play a significant role at the Middle Arm Sustainable Development Precinct on Darwin Harbour.
The undated plans for Middle Arm were obtained by the NT Environment Centre through Freedom of Information laws, and shared with the ABC.
The documents include three scenarios for developing the precinct on Darwin Harbour, two of which set aside land for the production of green and blue hydrogen. All three include the deployment of carbon capture and storage.
Green hydrogen is produced through renewable energy while blue hydrogen requires natural gas and the deployment of carbon capture and storage.
In the ‘balanced scenario’ of developing Middle Arm, blue hydrogen production is twice as large as green hydrogen production.
The NT government’s plans were prepared for a pitch to the federal department of infrastructure for Commonwealth investment, with hopes that money could fund dredging of shipping channels and construction of jetties and wharves in Darwin Harbour.
On Wednesday, the NT government announced it had secured $1 million in federal funding to go towards a feasibility study for the industrial precinct, with the Chief Minister Natasha Fyles saying the development could support up to 20,000 jobs.
“We know we need to decarbonise, we know we need reliable energy as we step forward, and this is an exciting project that will be at Middle Arm,” she said.
Ms Fyles reiterated Middle Arm would be a “sustainable precinct” that would create manufacturing jobs and harness new technologies to provide energy both domestically and internationally.
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