Green Hydrogen and Battery Energy Storage System
Green Hydrogen and Battery Energy Storage System
This project consists of a demonstrator scale hydrogen production and battery storage system located at Bolivar (an outer Northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia) and provides proof of concept for the transport of hydrogen absorbed in a metal hydride tank for safe handling and further utilisation in Indonesia.
| Main proponents:
Marubeni Corporation |
Main end-use classification:
Export potential – proof-of concept |
Status:
Under construction – facilities are expected to be operational by June 2024 |
Estimated cost:
AUD$17.5 million |
| Other involvement:
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Production details:
Hydrogen production up to 40 kilograms per day capacity (based on a 160- kW electrolyser)
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Location:
South Australia, Australia |
Announced funding:
Project cost is to be shared between Japan’s Ministry of the Environment and Marubeni Corporation |
Project description
Marubeni Corporation is building a proof-of-concept scale hydrogen production and battery storage system project located at Bolivar, an outer Northern suburb of Adelaide in South Australia. The project consists of a 160-kilowatt PEM electrolyser and a 5MW/1 hour battery energy storage system, and a metal hydride tank fitted in a standard 20-foot container for export of hydrogen using existing transport infrastructure.
Grid-sourced renewable energy would charge the battery and fuel the electrolyser for hydrogen production. At times of high energy costs, the battery can supply the hydrogen production, or can discharge to the grid in high demand periods. A part of the produced hydrogen can be injected into the intake manifolds of the adjacent LNG-fired gas turbines acting as a Peaker plant.
An important utilisation aspect of the produced hydrogen will be its absorption in a metal hydride tank (within a standard 20-foot container footprint) for export to Indonesia, where it would power small fuel cells, generating electricity for small industry located off-grid or fringe of grid.
Construction on the project began in February 2023. It is expected that the facilities will be operational by June 2024. The first shipment of hydrogen to Indonesia is planned by the third quarter of 2024.
The Bolivar site, owned by SA Water, provides potential for the project to be scaled up dependent on future demand for green hydrogen and the viability of the concept.
The capital cost of the project is to be equally shared between the Japanese Government and Marubeni Corporation.
Updated: May 2024