Disagreement with Labor’s insistence to use green hydrogen at the Hunter Power Project has emerged as a key reason for the departure of former CEO Paul Broad from Snowy Hydro.
But Mr Broad ridiculed this in an interview with the ABC on Saturday, the day after his resignation was announced.Mr Broad told ABC News.“To think you can have hydrogen running into Kurri Kurri when there is no hydrogen being produced in Newcastle just doesn’t make any sense.”
While the suggestion of friction between Mr Broad and Mr Bowen over the hydrogen ruling has been rejected by Snowy Hydro chairman David Knox, Mr Knox acknowledged the big challenges that the green hydrogen requirement was posing for Kurri Kurri.Mr Knox paid tribute to Mr Broad’s “superb achievement” in getting the project over the line, but highlighted the problems yet to be resolved.
“The challenges are getting a burner that runs on methane, hydrogen, and also diesel backup if we need it,” he said. “That’s really challenging, really challenging. Nobody’s done that before. So we’re working on that. AEMO assumes that the 750 MW Kurri Kurri project comes online as scheduled from December 2023, preceded by two months by, which secured $83 million of government funding to ensure it is capable of running on a blend of gas and green hydrogen.
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