Ardern puts green hydrogen high on the agenda

Ardern puts green hydrogen high on the agenda
PM Jacinda Ardern told Parliament hydrogen is a key future tool for reducing emissions. (Image: BusinessDesk)
Pattrick Smellie
Developing a “shared plan with businesses and investors” to establish a new green hydrogen industry in New Zealand is one of the government’s primary economic development objectives, the prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, said today.In a wide-ranging speech marking the start of the middle year of the three-year parliamentary term, Ardern’s comments also came as the country’s largest renewable electricity user, the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter, signalled a desire to keep operating past its previously given closure dat...

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