Swinburne University of Technology Victorian Hydrogen Hub – CSIRO Hydrogen Refuelling Station
Swinburne University of Technology Victorian Hydrogen Hub – CSIRO Hydrogen Refuelling Station
As part of its partnership under VH2, CSIRO is to receive more than AUD$1 million as a co-investment towards the development of a refuelling station to fuel and test hydrogen vehicles.
| Main proponents:
Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Swinburne University of Technology |
Main end-use classification:
Hydrogen mobility
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Status:
Advanced development
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Estimated cost:
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Production details:
Approximately 20 kilograms (kg) per day potential capacity |
Location:
Victoria, Australia |
Announced funding:
In excess of AUD$1 million to CSIRO – under the AUD$10 million Swinburne University of Technology Victorian Hydrogen Hub (VH2) initiative. |
Project description:
The VH2 is a funding initiative of the Victorian Government designed to bring together researchers and industry to test, trial and demonstrate new and emerging hydrogen technologies.
As part of this initiative, CSIRO is to receive more than AUD$1 million as a co-investment in the development of a refuelling station to fuel and test hydrogen vehicles. The refuelling station is to be located at CSIRO’s Clayton campus in Melbourne, Victoria. The refuelling station is a key milestone in the development of CSIRO’s Hydrogen Industry Mission.
Construction of the station will take place as part of the development of VH2, expected in early 2022, and will include a new hydrogen production and storage demonstration facility (either on-board at the refueller station or within the ‘Hydrogen Technology Demonstration Facility’, to which the refueller station is attached).
Hydrogen production capacity is planned at approximately 20 kg per day. The refuelling station is anticipated to be operational in the second half of 2022.
Power for the electrolysers and facilities would be sourced from renewable energy via a power purchase agreement supplemented by onsite solar generation which was deployed across the CSIRO Clayton site in 2020.
The refuelling station will include a CSIRO fleet trial of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, with the potential for further collaborative trials with additional project partners.
In May 2021, it was announced that CSIRO had entered into a lease arrangement with Toyota to lease the Toyota Mirai fuel cell electric vehicle, which will be used for testing at CSIRO’s Clayton campus hydrogen refuelling facility (presently under development).
Updated; June 2021