APA, Woodside drop WA hydrogen project
May 10, 2021 – 5.16pm
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Gas pipeline giant APA Group and partner Woodside Petroleum have ditched their proposed renewable hydrogen project in Western Australia after they failed to win government support in the latest funding round, while the successful applicants race towards development.
APA and Woodside pitched for funds from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency for a proposed project in WA’s Central West, powered by APA’s Badgingarra wind and solar farm. They are, however, understood to have already backed away from the project before the news last week of the successful bids.
The plan was to produce green hydrogen for use in power generation, transport and industrial applications, and with longer-term options to deliver it by pipeline to Perth.
5 May 2021
The nascent Australian green hydrogen industry has received a major boost, with three 10MW electrolyser projects to share in more than $103 million in funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).
ARENA has selected the three projects -from more than 30 applications – to produce and supply green hydrogen for a mix of uses, including fertiliser production and blending in mains gas supplies.
It will see a total of $161 million invested across the three projects in some of Australia’s first commercial-scale green hydrogen production facilities.
Engie Renewables will build a 10MW electrolyser in Karratha in Western Australia, as part of a consortium with Yara Pilbara Fertilisers, with the help of a $42.5 million grant. As we reported in April, the project will be paired with an on-site solar farm to produce green hydrogen, which will be used in ammonia production, with the facility expected to commence production in 2023. The project is expected to produ
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The Australian government is providing over A$100 million (US$77.3 million) in funding for three commercial-scale green hydrogen projects.
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The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (Arena) confirmed Wednesday it had conditionally approved A$103.3 million towards three projects as part of its Renewable Hydrogen Deployment Funding Round.
French multinational Engie will receive up to A$42.5 million towards a 10-megawatt electrolyser project to produce renewable hydrogen in a consortium with Yara Pilbara Fertilisers, at the Norwegian company’s existing ammonia facility in Karratha, Western Australia.
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