[PRO] Hydrogen projects in South Australia

[mattblack]

Topic relates to the development of the Hydrogen industry in SA including hydrogen hubs and related infrastructure projects​, hydrogen production, storage and/or usage projects,​ manufacturing and supply chain capacity building .

https://www.hydrogen.sa.gov.au/industry ... -australia

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[mattblack]

Hallett Group (Port Augusta)
$125 million green cement transformation project
6MW hydrogen electrolyser
Statement of Cooperation signed with the South Australian Government, Hallett Group, Elecseed and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power
At feasibility stage

Trafigura (Port Pirie)
440MW electrolyser developed in 2 stages​
Green ammonia production​
$2.5m Government of South Australia grant towards front end engineering design (FEED) stage ​
In FEED stage

Iron Road (Cape Hardy)
AMP Energy project partner
Up to 10 GW electrolyser (initially a 1 GW electrolyser) over next decade to produce green hydrogen to make other products​

AGL and partners (Port Adelaide)
AGL leading feasibility study into renewable hydrogen production at its Torrens Island Power Station site​
Partners include Adbri, Brickworks, ​Flinders Ports, INPEX Corporation, Osaka Gas Australia, SK ecoplant, Spark Renewables​

Marubeni (Bolivar)
150kW electrolyser and 5MW battery​
Demonstrate renewable hydrogen production and storage in South Australia and one-off export of hydrogen using metal hydride storage technology​
$12.5m project​
Japanese Ministry of Environment grant​
In commissioning​

AGN – HyP Adelaide (Bolivar)
Proposed 60 MW alkaline electrolyser
The hydrogen gas would then be blended at up to 20% by volume into Adelaide’s gas networks for over 350,000 residential and business customers

Project plans include the storage of 7 tonnes of hydrogen onsite

The hydrogen could also potentially be supplied to the Bolivar Power Station adjacent to the site and blended into its gas supply at up to 25% by energy

Vast Solar (Port Augusta) ​
Co-located with 30MW/288Mwh concentrated solar thermal power plant (VS1 project)
10 MW electrolyser producing hydrogen and combining with 15,000 tonnes per annum CO2 (from co-located Calix lime plant) to produce up to 7500 tonnes per annum of methanol (SM1 project)​

$19.48m Australian Renewable Energy Agency grant (SM1)​

€13.2 million German Government grant (SM1)​
In development phase​

AGN – HyPSA (Tonsley)
1.25MW electrolyser
Gas network injection: 10% blend, nearly 4000 homes and businesses
Industrial supply: via tube trailer with BOC
$14.5 million dollar project
Received $4.9 million dollar grant from Government of South Australia
Operating since mid 2021

GFG Alliance – Liberty Steel (Whyalla)
Trasformation - Decarbonisation of the steel industry

Stage 1

160-tonne Electric Arc Furnace (EAF)​
90% reduction in CO2 emissions from steelmaking
Government of South Australia $50 million dollar Whyalla Steel Taskforce grant
Stage 2

1.8 million tonnes per annum Direct Reduction Plant to process locally mined magnetite using natural gas before transitioning to renewable hydrogen CN30​

10 million tonnes per annum green Direct Reduction Plant for green steel production, using hydrogen as reducing agent in DRI process

Port Augusta Operations – Port Playford
7 million tonnes per annum export facility
350,000 tonnes of iron ore storage
At feasibility stage
Development application submitted

NeuRizer (Leigh Creek)
deliver low-cost, high-quality nitrogen-based fertiliser ensuring a secure future supply for both national and international agriculture markets
1 - 2Mtpa of Urea fertiliser (ammonia) at two stages​
In front end engineering design (FEED) stage

EntX (Millicent)
Working with Kimberley-Clark Australia to decarbonise its Millicent paper mill
Stage 1: 10MW electrolysis
Stage 2: 65MW electrolysis
At feasibility stage

EntX (Elliston)
Secured a gas storage exploration licence to explore Polda Basin salt deposit on the western Eyre Peninsula for its underground hydrogen storage potential
At exploration stage

H2EX (Eyre Peninsula)
Natural hydrogen exploration
Awarded exploration licence PEL 691 in June 2022
Exploration underway to test for Hydrogen
At feasibility stage

Gold Hydrogen (Yorke Peninsula)
Natural hydrogen exploration
Stage 1 exploration program will involve up to five exploration wells over the five-year licence period for PEL 687
Drilling and testing program commenced at Ramsay in late 2023

[Nort]

Gonna be an interesting few years seeing how this all turns out.

[1NEEDS2POST]

That's a nicely drawn map.

[mattblack]

Only about 3 of these current projects is producing hydrogen for use in the existing network and the rest for on-site use for various purposes. Pretty sure any additional cost will be factored into and feasibility study.

Exactly the kids of opportunities that will arise with abundant renewables.

[SBD]

The map has a Candidate Renewable Energy Zone n the Riverland. DOes Project EnergyConnect have a Riverland substation, or would any renewable energy generated there be limited to the local load and the existing Riverland 132kV supply transmission line?

[mattblack]

End of year update on Hydrogen projects in SA

New

Greenhill Energy (Tailem Bend)
Riverbend Energy Hub
$425M (for all three stages)
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Waste to hydrogen facility
Progressing approvals and FEED for Riverbend Energy Hub Stages 1, 2 & 3 (under Government South Australia's 'Essential Infrastructure' Crown Sponsorship)
Supply Chain Partners: Elders, Solo Resource Recovery, Peats Soil & Garden Supplies, and KSI Sawmills

Sparc Technologies (Roseworthy)
Sparc Hydrogen Progresses Pilot Plant Development(external site)(PDF)
Joint venture between Sparc Technologies, the University of Adelaide and Fortescue
Collaboration Framework Agreement with Shinshu University in Japan
pre-FEED study

No change

Marubeni (Bolivar)
150kW electrolyser and 5MW battery​
Demonstrate renewable hydrogen production and storage in South Australia and one-off export of hydrogen using metal hydride storage technology​
$12.5m project​
Japanese Ministry of Environment grant​
In commissioning​

Hallett Group (Port Augusta)
$125 million green cement transformation project
6MW hydrogen electrolyser
Statement of Cooperation signed with the South Australian Government, Hallett Group, Elecseed and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power
At feasibility stage

Iron Road (Cape Hardy)
AMP Energy project partner
Up to 10 GW electrolyser (initially a 1 GW electrolyser) over next decade to produce green hydrogen to make other products​

AGN – HyP Adelaide (Bolivar)
Proposed 60 MW alkaline electrolyser
The hydrogen gas would then be blended at up to 20% by volume into Adelaide’s gas networks for over 350,000 residential and business customers

Project plans include the storage of 7 tonnes of hydrogen onsite

The hydrogen could also potentially be supplied to the Bolivar Power Station adjacent to the site and blended into its gas supply at up to 25% by energy

Vast Solar (Port Augusta) ​
Co-located with 30MW/288Mwh concentrated solar thermal power plant (VS1 project)
10 MW electrolyser producing hydrogen and combining with 15,000 tonnes per annum CO2 (from co-located Calix lime plant) to produce up to 7500 tonnes per annum of methanol (SM1 project)​

$19.48m Australian Renewable Energy Agency grant (SM1)​

€13.2 million German Government grant (SM1)​
In development phase​

NeuRizer (Leigh Creek)
deliver low-cost, high-quality nitrogen-based fertiliser ensuring a secure future supply for both national and international agriculture markets
1 - 2Mtpa of Urea fertiliser (ammonia) at two stages​
In front end engineering design (FEED) stage

EntX (Millicent)
Working with Kimberley-Clark Australia to decarbonise its Millicent paper mill
Stage 1: 10MW electrolysis
Stage 2: 65MW electrolysis
At feasibility stage

EntX (Elliston)
Secured a gas storage exploration licence to explore Polda Basin salt deposit on the western Eyre Peninsula for its underground hydrogen storage potential
At exploration stage

H2EX (Eyre Peninsula)
Natural hydrogen exploration
Awarded exploration licence PEL 691 in June 2022
Exploration underway to test for Hydrogen
At feasibility stage

Change in status

Amp Energy (Cape Hardy)
Green Hydrogen Project
1GW of electrolyser capacity in Stage 1
Potential to expand up to 5GW of electrolyser capacity over time delivering over 500,000 tons per annum of green hydrogen

To be used as a feedstock for green ammonia exports and/or support South Australia’s green iron manufacturing

Gold Hydrogen (Yorke Peninsula)
Natural hydrogen exploration
Stage 1 exploration program will involve up to five exploration wells over the five-year licence period for PEL 687
Stage 2 well testing resulted in hydrogen and helium concentrations being successfully measured at surface

No longer listed

Trafigura (Port Pirie)
440MW electrolyser developed in 2 stages​
Green ammonia production​
$2.5m Government of South Australia grant towards front end engineering design (FEED) stage ​
In FEED stage

AGL and partners (Port Adelaide)
AGL leading feasibility study into renewable hydrogen production at its Torrens Island Power Station site​
Partners include Adbri, Brickworks, ​Flinders Ports, INPEX Corporation, Osaka Gas Australia, SK ecoplant, Spark Renewables​

GFG Alliance – Liberty Steel (Whyalla)
Trasformation - Decarbonisation of the steel industry

Stage 1

160-tonne Electric Arc Furnace (EAF)​
90% reduction in CO2 emissions from steelmaking
Government of South Australia $50 million dollar Whyalla Steel Taskforce grant
Stage 2

1.8 million tonnes per annum Direct Reduction Plant to process locally mined magnetite using natural gas before transitioning to renewable hydrogen CN30​

10 million tonnes per annum green Direct Reduction Plant for green steel production, using hydrogen as reducing agent in DRI process

Port Augusta Operations – Port Playford
7 million tonnes per annum export facility
350,000 tonnes of iron ore storage
At feasibility stage
Development application submitted

Operating

AGN – HyPSA (Tonsley)
1.25MW electrolyser
Gas network injection: 10% blend, nearly 4000 homes and businesses
Industrial supply: via tube trailer with BOC
$14.5 million dollar project
Received $4.9 million dollar grant from Government of South Australia
Operating since mid 2021

Torrens Transit (Morphettville)
Hydrogen refuelling station located at Morphettville bus depo
Supports Adelaide Metro’s two-year trial of two Foton Mobility hydrogen fuel cell buses
Operational

https://www.hydrogen.sa.gov.au/industry ... -australia

[mattblack]

Looks like the Sparc proposal is progressing;

Mining giant to help build first-of-its-kind SA hydrogen plant

Australian billionaire Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest’s Fortescue will build a pilot hydrogen energy plant at the University of Adelaide’s Roseworthy campus in partnership with SA-based Sparc Technologies.

The first-of-its-kind pilot plant will employ a novel approach by producing green hydrogen directly from water and sunlight, without relying on electrolysers or electricity grids.

It’s being spearheaded by Adelaide-based and ASX-listed Sparc Technologies, which today told shareholders that Fortescue and the University of Adelaide had formally committed to proceeding with Stage 2 of the Sparc Hydrogen joint venture.

Stage 2 activities will focus on pilot plant construction at Roseworthy and reactor testing, as well as ongoing laboratory testing of photocatalytic water splitting (PWC) reactors.

“Sparc Hydrogen believes that the pilot plant will represent a globally leading facility for R&D and commercialisation of PWS reinforcing Sparc Hydrogen’s first mover position in this emerging direct solar to hydrogen technology,” Sparc Technologies said

For Fortescue, it reaffirms the company’s interest in hydrogen energy projects, having last year put its ambitious green energy goal – to produce 15 million tonnes of renewable hydrogen annually by 2030 – on hold. That move resulted in the loss of 700 jobs at the company.

“Fortescue is proud to continue its support of Sparc Hydrogen and its innovative photocatalytic water splitting technology,” Fortescue director of research and development Michael Dolan said.

“This Australian innovation has the potential to make green hydrogen an even more competitive energy resource by decoupling its cost from the cost of green power.

“The Phase 2 pilot plant will enable this promising technology to be evaluated at a meaningful scale ahead of potential commercial deployment in the future.”

Fortescue is investing $1.48 million in Stage 2 of the project, giving it 36 per cent ownership of the joint venture alongside Sparc (36 per cent) and the University (28 per cent).

Sparc says its PWS tech sets the company apart from “conventional” approaches in the green hydrogen production space.

The company claims PWS does not rely on renewable electricity sources like solar or wind farms, nor “expensive electrolysers” to produce hydrogen from water.

As such, Sparc’s approach is different to that being taken by the South Australian government which is looking to build a $600 million hydrogen hub at Whyalla by 2026.

This hub will include the world’s largest electrolyser, which uses electricity to split hydrogen from oxygen in water. The government intends the energy input to be from renewables, with hydrogen then used to power turbines to put energy back into the electricity grid.

Storage of hydrogen is another plan, as is the idea that South Australia could export green hydrogen internationally to power green steel production worldwide.

But Sparc says its approach “addresses a fundamental issue in the nascent green hydrogen industry – the cost of renewable electricity”.

It hopes to demonstrate “key potential advantages over electrolysis” with its pilot plant, including the low-cost potential of PWS, the emissions-free nature of the hydrogen output, and its comparative advantage in off-grid and remote locations.

“Sparc Technologies is very pleased to be pursuing Stage 2 of the Sparc Hydrogen joint venture alongside its supportive world-class partners,” Sparc Technologies managing director Nick O’Loughlin said.

“A significant amount of work has gone into this positive investment decision which is a reflection on the R&D team, strong IP position and high potential of the technology to unlock low-cost green hydrogen without relying on electrolysers, stretched electricity grids and related infrastructure.”

Pilot-plant construction completion is expected in mid-2025, and when built will allow the company to independently and concurrently test different reactor designs and photocatalyst materials.

“Sparc is not aware of any similar facilities for testing and scale-up of photocatalytic water splitting under concentrated solar conditions worldwide,” Sparc said.

University of Adelaide Deputy Vice Chancellor Professor Anton Middelberg said the institution was “pleased to commit to this next stage of work on photocatalytic water splitting” based on IP developed by the acting director of the University’s Centre for Energy Technology Professor Greg Metha.

“This investment into constructing a pilot plant enables us to stress-test catalysts developed globally and places South Australia in a position of competitiveness in terms of testing innovative hydrogen technologies,” Professor Middelberg said.

https://www.indailysa.com.au/news/busin ... ogen-plant

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Nearly half of all SA hydrogen projects quietly ‘archived’

Of the 15 previously “active” hydrogen projects in South Australia, seven have been quietly moved to a list of “archived” projects on a government website.


A render of the now-shelved Whyalla hydrogen plant. Photo: Supplied

Just eight hydrogen projects in South Australia are active, with a further seven moved quietly to a list of archived projects on the CSIRO website.

This list of archived projects includes the South Australian Government’s $600 million hydrogen facility, which was shelved in February with funds diverted to support businesses in Whyalla following the administration of the city’s steelworks.

Other archived projects include Neoen Australia’s Crystal Brook Energy Park near Port Pirie – which received $1 million in state government funding for a feasibility study – and the company’s proposed hydrogen export project near Burra which received state government approval in 2021.

Singapore-based Trafigura Group’s Port Pirie Green Hydrogen Project is also on the archived list. That project would have created a large-scale renewable-based hydrogen manufacturing facility at Port Pirie, with a $5 million front end engineering design study for the Port Pirie Green Hydrogen Project jointly funded by the company and the state government.

Further, AGL’s Torrens Island Green Hydrogen Hub was archived in October last year, with the energy giant noting market, pricing and regulatory pathway challenges when announcing the project was paused “indefinitely”.

A joint South Australian and Victorian project being led by Australian Gas Networks has also been archived.

The organisation was investigating the feasibility of 10 per cent renewable hydrogen in gas distribution networks, transitioning to 100 per cent hydrogen over the long term in both states. The project attracted Victorian and South Australian government funding.

Meanwhile, the South Australian Government’s Port Bonython Hydrogen Hub is included on the list of archived projects with the caveat it has been moved to HyResource’s Hubs Webpage.

In operation
The majority of South Australian hydrogen projects remain active, including one operational project: Australian Gas Networks’ Hydrogen Park South Australia located at the Tonsley Innovation District.

The Tonsley project is just one of 15 hydrogen projects nationally that are operational. In Australia, there are 92 active hydrogen projects either under development, in construction or pre-operational.

According to the CSIRO data, the next South Australian project set to become operational is Marubeni Corporation’s Green Hydrogen and Battery Energy Storage System.

This $17.5 million project – funded jointly by Japan’s Ministry of the Environment and the company – is expected to be operational this year, and consists of a demonstrator scale hydrogen production and battery storage system at Bolivar. It’s considered a “proof of concept” project for the transport of hydrogen absorbed in a metal hydride tank for safe handling and utilisation in Indonesia.

Kimberly-Clark’s Millicent Mill Green Hydrogen Project is another active project. At this stage it is just a feasibility study to determine whether to replace the energy supply of Kimberly-Clark’s Millicent Mill with renewables-based hydrogen.

Another project “under development” by Australian Gas Infrastructure Group is the proposed Hydrogen Park Adelaide which would blend renewable hydrogen with natural gas at volumes of up to 20 per cent into Adelaide’s gas network by 2028. The project is working towards financial close before the end of 2025.

Amp’s Cape Hardy Green Hydrogen Project is another “under development” project that is estimated to cost $40 billion. It would see Amp create a green hydrogen and green ammonia production facility on the Eyre Peninsula in partnership with Iron Road Ltd.

Other projects “under development” but with no operational date announced include The Hydrogen Utility’s Eyre Peninsula Gateway Project, Hallett Group’s Green Cement Decarbonisation Project, and Vast’s SM1 project at Port Augusta.

Premier Peter Malinauskas told ABC Radio Adelaide yesterday that the state government was “dramatically curtailing the Office of Hydrogen Power”.

“There’s work that is being led by my Department, the Department of Premier and Cabinet at the moment, in conjunction with the Department of Energy and Mining to actually work out what that looks like and where it ends up. There will still be some work that is being done within government about hydrogen because it’s not just about the steelworks, it’s about other opportunities as well, but it’s going to be in a very, very smaller state,” he said.

“At the moment the office is there, it’s been curtailed, there is work that should continue because it’s in the economic interests of the state but in terms of what happens to that particular unit that is being worked through as we speak.”

https://www.indailysa.com.au/news/in-de ... y-archived

[mattblack]

Anyone know if this going to impact aspirations to meet 100% renewables by 2027??