Warrnambool City Council has partnered with its Swedish counterpart on a solar-to hydrogen storage and refuelling program technology exchange.
Warrnambool sustainability officer Juan Donis says it’s part of Council’s plan to develop a world-leading hydrogen industry in Warrnambool and build a social license for the clean energy technology.
“We were looking at emissions profiles to see what we could do and we found that transport is one of the biggest factors,” he told Government News.
“We started looking around the globe to see which other cities have done in this space and we came across Mariestad.”
Mariestad, it turned out, had been using solar power to create hydrogen to power electric vehicles and heat buildings, and was the first city in the world to offer an off-grid hydrogen refuelling station to any citizen who bought a hydrogen car.
“We reached out to them and said we want to learn what you have done and how you brought the community along,” Mr Donis said.
