Torrens Island Green Hydrogen Hub (Archived)   

October 15th, 2024

Torrens Island Green Hydrogen Hub  

AGL Energy Limited (AGL) is leading a consortium of industry partners in examining the feasibility of development of a green hydrogen production facility at its Torrens Island site.

Main proponents:

AGL Energy Limited (AGL: consortium lead), Osaka Gas Australia, INPEX Corporation, Brickworks, Flinders Port, Adbri, SK ecoplant, Spark Renewables

 Main end-use classification: 

Under evaluation

  Status:

Archived

 Estimated cost:

 
Other involvement:

 

 Production details:

Under evaluation

 Location:

South Australia, Australia

 Announced funding:

 

Project description

In June 2022, AGL announced that a feasibility study would review the commercial and technical feasibility of establishing a renewable hydrogen hub and the production of hydrogen-derived products at AGL’s Torrens Island site, as well as mapping key operational and commercial plans for the project and outlining the development of a production timeline.

AGL is seeking to transition its Torrens Island site to an integrated industrial energy hub following the decommissioning of its long-standing Torrens A and B power generating units (Torrens A final unit closed in 2022, Torrens B planned closure is in 2026), completion of the (gas-fired) Barker Inlet Power Station in 2019 (built adjacent to the Torrens Island B station) and development of a 250 MW / 250 MWh battery on the site (the opening of which was announced in August 2023). Following the closure of the last Torrens A unit in 2022, a decommissioning process is in place for the period to end 2025, after which industrial energy hub site redevelopment is targeted to begin in 2026.

The feasibility study explored a wide range of potential end uses, including the potential for co-firing hydrogen at the Barker Inlet Power Station, the creation of lower emissions gas networks for industry, and the development of low-carbon chemicals and future fuels across the whole supply chain from the production of renewables-based hydrogen to export uses.

The consortium lead (AGL) has advised that due to a number of market, pricing and regulatory pathway challenges, the study as it was defined has been paused indefinitely, and that AGL is continuing to explore other future fuel opportunities for the Torrens Island Energy Hub.

 

Reviewed: October 2024