Critical to building strong renewable hydrogen and ammonia industries

critical to building strong renewable hydrogen and ammonia industries

WEDNESDAY MAY 12, 2001: Today the Smart Energy Council and Hydrogen Australia announces that world-leading Australian company Power Ledger has become a founding partner in the Council’s Zero Carbon Certification Scheme.

“Power Ledger, whose software allows consumers and producers to track, trace and trade every kilowatt of energy, is one of Australia’s most exciting and innovative companies and the Smart Energy Council is stoked to have them on board,” said John Grimes, Chief Executive of the Smart Energy Council.

“The Zero Carbon Certification Scheme is a certificate of origin scheme for renewable hydrogen, renewable ammonia and renewable metals. It’s an absolutely critical step in building the industries of the future,” said Mr Grimes.

Power Ledger has developed world-leading software for energy tracking and trading, flexibility services and environmental commodity trading. The white-labelled technology is helping clients in nine countries bring new ideas and forms of energy into a modernised grid, while driving the democratisation of power.

The other initial Founding Partners are:

• The ACT Government

• Ammonia Energy Association

• COP26 High Level Champions for Climate Action

• CWP Global

• Energy Web

• Star Scientific

• Evoenergy

• ACT Renewables Hub

Another founding partner will be announced on 13 May.

The German Energy Agency (DENA) and the Australian National University are advisers, and Green Hydrogen Catapult is a Partner Initiative for the Zero Carbon Certification Scheme.

The Ammonia Energy Association is a global industry association that promotes the responsible use of ammonia in a sustainable energy economy. The Green Hydrogen Catapult is a global coalition of seven leading renewable hydrogen companies seeking to accelerate the scale and production of green hydrogen 50-fold in the next six years.

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