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$800m pledge keeps Labor green hydrogen dream alive

The Albanese Labor government has pledged more than $800 million in production incentives to a green hydrogen development in remote Western Australia, defying mounting scepticism over the future of the country’s green fuel industry.

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners’ Murchison project, based north of Kalbarri on Western Australia’s Mid West coast, is the first project to secure backing from the Albanese government’s multi-billion dollar Hydrogen Headstart fund.

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Tom Rabe is the WA political correspondent, based in Perth. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at tom.rabe@nine.com.au
Angela Macdonald-Smith writes on the resources industry with a focus on energy, including gas, oil, electricity and renewables. Connect with Angela on Twitter. Email Angela at amacdonald-smith@afr.com
Ryan Cropp is an energy and climate reporter at The Australian Financial Review based in the Canberra bureau.

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