Investor Presentaiton
Hydrogen Park South Australia
Adelaide-based Australian Gas
Networks (AGN), part of the Australian
Gas Infrastructure Group (AGIG), owns
gas distribution assets across Australia,
including in South Australia.
Hydrogen Park South Australia (HyP SA)
is an $11.4 million demonstration project
delivered and funded by AGN, supported by
a $4.9 million grant from the South Australian
Government. The proposed facility comprises
a 1.25 MW Siemens proton exchange
membrane electrolyser, the largest of its kind
installed in Australia.
Based at the Tonsley Innovation District in
metropolitan Adelaide, HyP SA removes
carbon from our gas supply as South Australia
advances towards net-zero emissions by 2050.
From mid-2020, for an initial period of five
years, AGN will produce renewable hydrogen
using renewable electricity and water.
AGN will supply more than 700 properties
in the nearby suburb of Mitchell Park with a
blend of 5 per cent renewable hydrogen in
natural gas, delivered through the existing
gas network. Customers receiving the 5 per
cent renewable gas blend will not notice any
difference about the quality of gas received
and are not required to make any change to
their appliances. The amount paid for gas will
be no different from the cost of 100 per cent
natural gas.
The project will demonstrate the feasibility of
blending hydrogen into the South Australian
gas network and inform the South Australian
Government's planning to transition the gas
distribution network. It will also show how
integrating electrolysers into the electricity
networks can support energy stability, as
more renewable electricity generation
capacity comes onto the grid.
Having completed the front-end engineering
and design study and ordered the
electrolyser, AGN is now working towards
securing regulatory and development
approvals and procuring land. Community
and stakeholder consultation on the project
began in July 2019.
Hyp SA is considering installation of tube-
trailer filling facilities as an expansion
opportunity that will enable the transport
of hydrogen so it can be blended into other
points in the network, as well as hydrogen
vehicle refuelling, industrial use and
potentially export.
HYP SA is AGN's first step to lowering carbon
emissions and is part of its broader aim to
blend up to 10 per cent renewable hydrogen
in South Australia and across the other
regions AGN serve, before consideration of
100 per cent hydrogen conversion.
AGN is also actively working with Australian
Governments, including the South Australian
Government and industry, to establish
the Australian Hydrogen Centre, that will
externalise learnings from HyP SA and
deliver feasibility studies related to increased
hydrogen blending, and 100 per cent
hydrogen conversion on Australian towns,
cities and states.
Australian
Gas Networks
Fabrication of Hydrogen Buffer Storage Vessel
for the Hydrogen Park South Australia Project at
Pipetech in Adelaide
"We are delighted that
South Australia will lead the
way with this technology.
Hydrogen Park SA
provides an opportunity to
develop an Australian-first
integrated hydrogen project
that paves the way for the
commercial deployment of a
hydrogen economy.
"And importantly, it propels
South Australia's status
as a leader in renewable
technology and a first mover
in hydrogen"
- Ben Wilson, Chief Executive
Officer, Australian Gas Networks
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AGN will purchase (and voluntarily surrender) large-Scale Generation Certificates to offset
the amount of electricity used and ensure the hydrogen produced is renewable.
Artist's impression of Hydrogen Park South Australia, a 1.25MW
electrolyser, blending equipment and tube and trailer facility.
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South Australia's Hydrogen Action Plan
Government of South Australia
September 2019
The Main Assembly Building (MAB) of the Tonsley Innovation District
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