Australia could soon be exporting sunshine in the form of renewable energy-produced hydrogen, creating an industry that could rival Australia's LNG exports. Hydrogen has significant potential as a clean energy source, but is currently uneconomical to produce and export at scale. Japan is embracing hydrogen, which produces heat and water vapour when burned, in a national strategy to create an emissions-free hydrogen society by 2030.
The shift to green hydrogen, produced by excess solar and wind energy, would allow Australia to export sunshine on a large scale. https://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/climate/chief-scientist-alan-finkel-talks-up-green-hydrogen-exports/news-story/084d7c40674373ab969312a2674fd534?