Australian Gas Infrastructure Group (AGIG) has announced its most ambitious renewable hydrogen project yet – Hydrogen Park Adelaide (HyP Adelaide).
The proposed project aims to produce up to 700 terajoules per year of renewable hydrogen that would be injected into Adelaide’s natural gas networks at volumes of up to 20 per cent by volume.
Located at SA Water’s Bolivar wastewater treatment plant in northern Adelaide, the 60 megawatt electrolysis plant would use renewable energy to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. The renewable hydrogen would then be piped to the Gepps Cross city gate and blended into the gas distribution networks supplying over 350,000 households and businesses across the metropolitan area.
AGIG’s Head of Renewable Gas Development, Vikram Singh, announced details of the HyP Adelaide plans at the recent SA-H2H Hydrogen Technology Cluster conference. The project represents a major scale-up from AGIG’s other hydrogen park projects in South Australia – Hydrogen Park SA and Hydrogen Park Murray Valley.
In addition to residential and commercial gas supply, the HyP Adelaide facility could provide renewable hydrogen to the adjacent Bolivar Power Station.
Blending up to 25 per cent green hydrogen into the power station’s gas supply would help lower its emissions profile. Other potential uses for the hydrogen and oxygen byproducts, such as supply to industrial customers, are also being evaluated.
The project is still in the feasibility study phase, but AGIG is targeting an operational start date in early 2027, subject to approvals and a final investment decision.
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