Hydrogen proposed for 40,000 customers in Albury-Wodonga
Australian Gas Infrastructure Group (AGIG) is proud to partner on two renewable hydrogen project bids to the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), submitted last month.
In Victoria, Australian Gas Networks (AGN) – part of AGIG – is partnering with global low-carbon energy company ENGIE to develop a renewable hydrogen project that will supply carbon-free hydrogen at volumes of up to 10 per cent, to around 40,000 existing residential, commercial and industrial connections.
The 10MW Hydrogen Park Murray Valley (HyP Murray Valley) project will be co-located with the West Wodonga Wastewater Treatment Plant and supply renewable hydrogen blended with natural gas to customers on the existing Albury-Wodonga gas distribution network, with the facility also able to supply industry and transport markets.
The HyP Murray Valley bid has been submitted alongside the Clean Energy Innovation Park (CEIP) project proposal, a joint venture between AGIG and international integrated energy group ATCO.
The CEIP will be located alongside renewable electricity generation assets in Waradarge, Western Australia. It comprises a 10MW electrolyser and is capable of producing 4.0 tonnes of renewable hydrogen per day for use in gas networks, industry and transport.
These projects add to AGIG’s current hydrogen developments in Hydrogen Park South Australia and Hydrogen Park Gladstone in Queensland and demonstrates AGIG’s commitment to target 10 per cent renewable gas in networks by no later than 2030.
AGIG Chief Executive Officer, Ben Wilson said the Hydrogen Park Murray Valley project will put the whole of Albury-Wodonga on up to a 10 per cent renewable hydrogen blend in the existing natural gas distribution network, as well as providing other services including electricity grid support, oxygen sales and the potential to supply hydrogen to cars, buses and trucks.
“Hydrogen Park Murray Valley will be globally significant in terms of market outreach, to around 40,000 connections, and its co-location with a wastewater treatment facility. It will demonstrate sustainable outcomes across the water, gas and electricity sectors. It aims to deliver a highly replicable model enabling the decarbonisation of more than 5.2 million gas connections in Australia.”
“The CEIP in Western Australia delivers highly efficient renewable hydrogen production at around 4,000 kg per day. ATCO and AGIG are already significant players in the Western Australia gas market, providing distribution and transmission services respectively, the CEIP joint venture brings together our strengths to establish a commercial hydrogen sector in the state.” Mr Wilson said.
“Both of these projects are eight times larger than our existing Hydrogen Park South Australia, which is the biggest hydrogen project under commissioning in Australia and one of the largest in the world and demonstrates our commitment to play a leading role in Australia’s renewable hydrogen journey.”
Following Expressions of Interest in May 2020, seven projects, including Hydrogen Park Murray Valley and the CEIP were invited by ARENA to submit a full application as part of the $70 million Renewable Hydrogen Deployment Funding Round.
About AGN
AGN owns gas distribution networks across Australia, including networks in South Australia, Victoria and Queensland as well as Wagga Wagga and Albury in regional NSW. AGN delivers gas to around 1.3 million homes and businesses.
About AGIG
Australian Gas Infrastructure Group (AGIG) has more than 2 million customers across every mainland state and the Northern Territory, 34,600km of gas distribution networks, more than 4,400km of gas transmission pipelines, 60 petajoules of gas storage capacity and remote power generation. AGIG’s vision is to be the leading gas infrastructure business in Australia - by delivering for customers, being a good employer, and being sustainably cost efficient.
In 2017, Australian Gas Networks (AGN), Dampier to Bunbury Pipeline (DBP) and Multinet Gas Networks (MGN) came together to form AGIG. The combined distribution, transmission and storage assets make AGIG one of the largest gas infrastructure businesses in Australia.
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Craig de Laine, General Manager, People and Strategy T (08) 8418 1129 M (0403) 309 940
Andrew Staniford, Chief Customer Officer, T (08) 8418 1125 M (0438) 897 174
