Jemena has announced it has officially commenced construction of its Western Sydney Green Gas Project.
The $15 million trial project will use solar and wind energy to generate green hydrogen that will then be injected and stored in Jemena’s New South Wales gas network.
The company announced its project team has now mobilised onsite with construction partner Wasco Energy, with land having been cleared, pipelines laid and works now underway to assemble key technology packages, including the project’s 500 kW electrolyser.
Once online, excess hydrogen produced at the project will be made available to the hydrogen vehicle industry, while Jemena will also use the evaluate the storage capabilities of its gas network.
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The renewable gas project will convert solar and wind power into hydrogen gas, via electrolysis, which will then be stored for use across the Jemena Gas Network (JGN) in New South Wales, the biggest gas distribution network in Australia.
If the trial to power 250 homes and a hydrogen vehicle refuelling station is successful, Jemena will look to expand it across the NSW network.
Jemena managing director Frank Tudor:
In the future Australians will need to decide what to do with excess renewable energy on very windy or very sunny days
“Jemena’s WSGGP will demonstrate how existing gas pipeline technology can store excess renewable energy for weeks and months, making it more efficient than batteries which can only store excess renewable energy for minutes or hours.”
“A lack of critical refuelling infrastructure is regularly cited as a hand-brake to hydrogen vehicle sales. Our agreement with Hyundai and Coregas releases some of that pressure and is an opportunity to demonstrate that renewably generated hydrogen gas can be made directly available to the vehicle and transport sectors,”
