Oil and gas giant Santos has rejected two federal government grants intended to support the design of blue hydrogen projects, originally announced a year and a half ago.
The two $3 million grants were expected to fund front-end engineering and design (FEED) studies for blue hydrogen production – hydrogen produced from natural gas, with the process low emissions by using carbon capture and storage (CCS).
The grants were announced in April 2022 by then-Energy minister Angus Taylor, alongside local members, in the run up to the last federal election. They were awarded under the Coalition government-initiated Clean Hydrogen Industrial Hubs: Hub Development and Design Grants program.
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