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Victoria will cement its leadership in clean, green energy under a new $34.9 million plan to create a world-first battery facility and a regional hydrogen hub, funded by the Andrews Labor Government.
Minister for Higher Education Gayle Tierney and Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change Lily D’Ambrosio today visited Deakin University to launch the projects.
They include the Battery Technology Research and Innovation Hub 2.0 (BatTRI-Hub 2.0) at Deakin’s Burwood campus. It features a testing lab and pilot production line to research and manufacture advanced batteries using lithium and sodium.
The products will be developed to meet bespoke requirements in defence, agriculture, disaster zones and health settings. It will enhance the work of BatTRI-Hub 1.0 which has already created valuable products for industry, including Toyota in Japan.
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Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, has secured AUD$1 million (£560,000) in funding from the Victorian Government to develop a refuelling station to fuel and test hydrogen vehicles.
The refueller project, called the Victorian Hydrogen Hub, will be trialled initially on the agency’s hydrogen vehicles and will then serve other zero emission fuel cell electric vehicles in the local area.
The development is part of CSIRO’s partnership with the Swinburne University of Technology.
Victorian Minister for Higher Education Gayle Tierney said: “We are proud to be investing in this forward-looking initiative, the kind that will help build a smarter Victoria and help respond to climate change.”
A new multi-million-dollar Hydrogen Hub in Melbourne's south east funded by the Andrews Labor Government will create hundreds of jobs and help develop.
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