Western Australia, JOGMEC sign MoU on new, renewable energies

The Western Australian (WA) government has signed a new MoU with the Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC), expanding cooperation to new and renewable energies, the state government said on December 7. 

Focusing on new and renewable energies, the MoU adds to the state's cooperation with JOGMEC, who signed an MoU with the WA government in 2020 that aimed to strengthen collaboration in metal and mineral resources.

The areas covered by the new MoU include hydrogen, methanation, carbon capture and storage (CCS), carbon dioxide capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS), ammonia, and decarbonisation and low emission technologies.

Japan is WA's second-largest trading partner, with A$33bn ($22bn) of goods traded in 2021-22. WA's biggest export to Japan in 2021-22 was petroleum (including LNG), which rose by 97% to A$16.5bn, the state government said.