A passerby walks past in front of a hydrogen station in Tokyo, Japan April 24, 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato
OSLO/MELBOURNE/TOKYO (Reuters) - Norway and Australia are racing each other to show they can supply Japan with hydrogen, hoping to fulfil its ambition to become the first nation significantly fuelled by the super-clean energy source.
While Australia has planned to derive liquid hydrogen from brown coal for some time, Norway could steal a march if a pilot project producing the fuel using renewable energy - a climate-friendly method more in keeping with Japan's aims - is cheaper. (GRAPHIC - Hydrogen fuel production http://tmsnrt.rs/2oOIfVL)
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