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Highlights:
- Yara Clean Ammonia has collaborated with ENGIE to build a green hydrogen plan in Western Australia.
- The plant construction is expected to begin later this year.
- The Australian government has provided a grant of AU$47.5 million for the same.
- The Western Australian State Government has provided a grant of AU$2 million.
Ammonia producer, Yara Clean Ammonia has collaborated with ENGIE to construct a green hydrogen plant in Western Australia. The project is known as Project Yuri. Reportedly, the construction of the plant would begin in a few weeks.
Details of the green hydrogen plant
The green hydrogen plant will be constructed on the existing Yara Pilbara lease and next to the company’s anhydrous ammonia production facility.
The project comprises of 10 megawatt electrolyser, battery storage and 18 megawatts of solar PV. Once fully developed, this project is going to be one of Australia’s largest electrolysers and is estimated to produce up to 640 tonnes of green hydrogen annually, said Yara in a statement.
The renewable hydrogen plant would offer feedstock to the Yara ammonia operations in Western Australia. reportedly, clean ammonia has range of applications such as industrial applications, carbon-free food production and low-emission fuel for power and shipping.
The green hydrogen facility would be constructed by Yara Operations Pty Ltd, and green hydrogen would be supplied to Yara Clean Ammonia. As per the media release, the construction is expected to begin later this year, in October 2022. By 2024, it is expected that hydrogen production will start and will be supplied to the ammonia plant.
Magnus Krogh Ankarstrand, president, Yara Clean Ammonia, commented on the development that:
Recognition gained by Yuri project
The Australian Government recognised the significance of the project and extended AU$47.5 million in grants via ARENA’s Renewable Hydrogen Deployment Funding Round.
The project has received support from the Western Australian State Government as well, as they provided an AU$2 million grant contribution from the Renewable Hydrogen Fund of the State.
The plant has received pre-certification as it is committed to producing green ammonia by utilising the energy produced at on-site solar PV. As per the official release, the Yara plant is the first green ammonia project which has been awarded the council’s certification.
Bureau Veritas, recognised as a world leader in certification, inspection and testing, undertook the technical assessments before awarding the pre-certification.
