As part of the HESC Project’s commitment to maintaining the marine biodiversity of Hastings, the project engaged environmental consultants RPS Group, Consulting Environmental Engineers Pty Ltd and Biofouling Management Services to assess the risk of invasive marine species introductions (IMS)…
The Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain (HESC) Project welcomed the Hon. Madeleine King MP who visited Kobe, Japan for a closer look at the project. The Australian Minister for Resources and her delegation were taken on a tour of the Suiso…
The HESC Project’s liquefaction facility in Hastings Victoria, welcomed a senior delegation from the Japanese Government as part of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s (DFAT) special visits program (SVP). The SVP helps to deepen the relationship between Australia…
The Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain (HESC) project was delighted to welcome India’s Hon’ble Minister Raj Kumar Singh to its Hastings Liquefaction Plant. During the visit, The Indian Minister for Power, New & Renewable energy, and his delegation, were provided with…
The success of the Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain (HESC) Project Pilot was front and centre at the recent Sydney Energy Forum as senior executives from Project Partners, Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) and J-POWER, participated in a panel discussion. Co-hosted by…
On May 19, 2022, the Australia Institute released a report critical of the HESC project’s projections on emissions reduction in a commercial phase. The Australia Institute report’s findings were based on the false hypothesis that the HESC project would proceed…
On 25 January 2022, while the Suiso Frontier was moored at the port of Hastings, one of the two solenoid valve systems (device for transmitting instructions to the damper) in the gas combustion unit (GCU) suddenly stopped, and a ship…
This report provides an overview of the engineering and technical achievements of the HESC Pilot Project. It also gives insight into community and stakeholder perceptions, as well as the future shape of a commercial scale HESC Project. Read The Report
HESC Project Partners are proud to announce that in the early evening of Friday 28 January, 2022, the Suiso Frontier serenely sailed out of Hastings for its return journey to the Port of Kobe in Japan. The HESC team were…
Today’s arrival of the world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier, the Suiso Frontier, in Victoria marks a success of the Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain (HESC) Pilot Project and the dawn of Australia’s hydrogen industry. HESC’s vision is to produce carbon-neutral hydrogen…