Hydrogen offers exciting benefits to future energy use for powering heavy transport, as well as its potential to store energy.
Now, thanks to a multi-national research and development partnership, renewable energy from CS Energy’s Kogan Renewable Hydrogen Demonstration Plant in Queensland is set to be used in an innovative pilot to explore the benefits of hydrogen in fuel cells and marine vessels.
Now, thanks to a multi-national research and development partnership, renewable energy from CS Energy’s Kogan Renewable Hydrogen Demonstration Plant in Queensland is set to be used in an innovative pilot to explore the benefits of hydrogen in fuel cells and marine vessels.
The project is being supported by Japan’s Ministry of the Environment and will assess the potential of renewable hydrogen for use in fuel cells and marine vessels in Palau to reduce that country’s reliance on fossil fuels.
Renewable hydrogen for the project will be supplied from CS Energy’s Kogan Renewable Hydrogen Demonstration Plant, which will be built on the Western Downs and produce renewable hydrogen from behind-the-meter solar energy.
CS Energy CEO Andrew Bills said CS Energy was delighted to welcome Sojitz as the first off- taker for the Kogan Renewable Hydrogen Demonstration Plant and was proud to help Palau achieve its carbon reduction ambitions.
Mr Bills said, “We’re excited to collaborate with Sojitz as they seek to find creative solutions to the energy challenges faced by our Pacific near neighbours and which have potential for application to island communities in Queensland.
“The capability building and knowledge sharing opportunities for our people is enormous and we look forward to working with Sojitz and their project partners.
“CS Energy is also well advanced in discussions with potential off-takers for the Kogan project from the heavy transport sector on the Western Downs and we continue to strive to find new opportunities and creative solutions for Queensland’s energy future,” Mr Bills said
The Kogan Renewable Hydrogen Demonstration Plant is a hydrogen production facility that will be built next to CS Energy’s Kogan Creek Power Station.
The project will include the co-location of a solar farm, battery, hydrogen electrolyser, hydrogen fuel cell, storage and out loading facility.
The demonstration plant’s hydrogen electrolyser will only be powered by behind-the-meter solar energy, making it one of the few truly renewable hydrogen projects in Australia.
The aim of the project is to produce renewable hydrogen and provide energy and other grid services while gaining expertise from an operational hydrogen project from production, storage, transport and handling.
Construction is expected to commence in 2022 and commissioning in early 2023.
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