Australian Gas Networks (AGN) - part of Australian Gas Infrastructure Group (AGIG) has officially opened its AUD14.5 million (US$11.25 million) hydrogen production facility Hydrogen Park South Australia (HyP SA) and commenced blending renewable hydrogen into part of its natural gas distribution network in Adelaide, South Australia.
At HyP SA, a proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer uses renewable electricity (solar and wind) to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. AGN will blend approximately 5% renewable hydrogen into its existing natural gas distribution network to deliver a blended gas to more than 700 homes in parts of the Adelaide suburb of Mitchell Park.
AGN received an AUD4.9 million (US$3.8 million) grant from the South Australian Government’s Renewable Technology Fund to build and operate the project.
The HyP SA facility includes tube trailer refilling infrastructure to supply renewable hydrogen to industry across South Australia via road transport with project partner BOC, a subsidiary of Linde plc. The facility is capable of producing approximately 175 tonnes of hydrogen per annum, equal to the total gas use of around 1,500 South Australian homes.
HyP SA is the first of several renewable hydrogen projects AGIG is developing around Australia.
