Hydrogen Park Adelaide
Hydrogen Park Adelaide
The proposed Hydrogen Park Adelaide (HyP Adelaide) project would blend renewable hydrogen with natural gas at volumes of up to 20% into Adelaide’s gas networks.
| Main proponents:
Australian Gas Infrastructure Group (AGIG) |
Main end-use classification:
Hydrogen in gas networks, other end uses are also under evaluation |
Status:
Under development |
Estimated cost:
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| Other involvement:
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Production/consumption details:
60 MW Alkaline electrolyser planned to be installed: hydrogen production of up to 14.7 tonnes per day |
Location:
South Australia, Australia |
Announced funding:
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Project description
HyP Adelaide is a proposed 60MW renewable hydrogen production facility, that is to be connected to SA Power Networks distribution network. The project proponent advises that an innovative renewable electricity contract is being finalised that would ensure that HyP Adelaide does not operate during peak periods while maximising production during off peak and low demand periods (including middle of the day, when significant amounts of solar generation is being curtailed). The project proponent advises that this operating profile and planned contracting structures would enable HyP Adelaide to achieve a capacity factor of 55%.
The project is located within the confines of SA Water’s Bolivar wastewater treatment plant, which is investigating using the oxygen produced by the project’s Longi Alkaline electrolyser for its operations. It would connect to the AGN Adelaide natural gas grid via a 7-kilometre hydrogen pipeline and gas blending facility, delivering 696 TJ of renewables-based hydrogen into the SA gas distribution network annually.
HyP Adelaide aims to blend up to 20% hydrogen into the network and could reach approximately 350,000 AGN residential and business customers by 2028.
The site is located next to the Bolivar power station, a gas peaker, and would supply it with 63 TJ of renewable hydrogen per annum, to offset against natural gas use in the generation of electricity.
The project proponent advises that the HyP Adelaide project would also seek to provide decarbonisation opportunities to South Australian industrial customers and provides a platform for scaling-up hydrogen use in mobility applications. Part of the project is to deliver a heat loop from the electrolyser, supplying waste heat to Boortmalt’s Cavan malting plant.
The project is working towards financial close before the end of 2025.
Reviewed (reviewed by the project proponent): August 2024