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Green steel is no longer a fantasy

Making steel with hydrogen is Australia's most competitive option for starting to replace 100,000 carbon-exposed jobs.

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As we begin a debate about reinvigorating Australian manufacturing, an opportunity is emerging that could do just that.

Globally competitive renewable energy matched with our major iron ore resource has the potential to create thousands of jobs in regions likely to be in trouble as the world turns away from fossil fuels in coming decades.

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Tony Wood is head of the energy program at the Grattan Institute.

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