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Australia, like many other places in the world, is significantly investing in hydrogen technologies. In this perspective piece, I discuss how the socio-political context has shaped, and is continuing to influence, the approach to advancing a hydrogen economy in Australia. I detail the historical events that have influenced Australia's ambitions of global leadership in hydrogen energy and through doing so, reveal future opportunities and challenges. I argue that investment in hydrogen technologies reflects ecomodernist and technocratic ideologies, and that deeper engagement with sociotechnical and socio-political dimensions are needed to assure hydrogen becomes the dream that so much of the world is relying on it to be.

Item Type:	Refereed Article
Keywords:	hydrogen, discourse, Australia, socio-imaginary, ecomodernism, sociotechnical, socio-political, technocratic
Research Division:	Engineering
Research Group:	Electrical engineering
Research Field:	Electrical energy generation (incl. renewables, excl. photovoltaics)
Objective Division:	Energy
Objective Group:	Energy transformation
Objective Field:	Hydrogen-based energy systems
UTAS Author:	Beasy, K (Dr Kim Beasy)
ID Code:	154760
Year Published:	2022
Web of Science® Times Cited:	1
Deposited By:	Education
Deposited On:	2023-01-04
Last Modified:	2023-01-04
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