TOKYO, March 8 (Reuters) – Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) and other Japan-based firms said on Tuesday that a pilot project to transport hydrogen produced from brown coal in Australia to Japan in the world’s first liquefied hydrogen tanker had proven technically feasible.
While hydrogen is widely touted as a fuel of the future with zero carbon emissions, it requires intensive energy input, with renewables to produce “green hydrogen.” Critics say emissions from brown coal derived hydrogen are twice that of natural gas.