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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 687 asked in the Legislative Assembly on 27 October 2021 by Dr D.J. Honey

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

HYDROGEN PROJECTS

687. Dr D.J. HONEY to the Minister for State Development, Jobs and Trade:

I refer to the welcomed announcement regarding the blue hydrogen project that will be based in the Kwinana and Rockingham strategic industrial estates. Why is the government able to facilitate a blue hydrogen development based on gas but is unable to provide industrial land for a 100 per cent renewable-powered green hydrogen project development with Fortescue Future Industries?

Mr R.H. COOK replied:

It is just not true. We work with any proponents, and we work with them very effectively. Can I correct the member? It is not blue hydrogen. That particular plant will feed off the renewable energy inputs into the south west interconnected system and the project will use that peak generation, particularly during the day, to flatten and stabilise the demand and supply curves of the SWIS during the day.

Dr D.J. Honey: It's blue.

Mr R.H. COOK: The member might say it is blue, but it is probably blue and green; does that make yellow?

Several members interjected.

Mr R.H. COOK: Purple, turquoise—I like that. We could be turquoise, but it is clean energy and a great development that will provide over 2 000 jobs in construction and 200 jobs in operation. I cannot speak for Fortescue Future Industries and the projects it is putting forward or the way that it engages with the state government. Clearly, Woodside, a great Western Australian company, has done a great job in bringing this project to its construction phase. We are very much looking forward to working with them and all other proponents around the state to make sure that we get this, with this great new period of Western Australian economic growth around hydrogen and other renewable forms of energy for the future.