A Western Australian firm will play a leading role in the development of safe and efficient process for industrial-scale carbon dioxide shipping under a new collaborative project.
The state government will invest more than $148 million in 40 projects state-wide, with DUG Technology, Austin Engineering, Kimberley Cotton Company and Stanley International College among the winners.
Western Australia will be battling with other states to build a hydrogen industry, and won't be able to rely on its traditional advantages, a senior state bureaucrat has said.