Kogan Renewable Hydrogen Demonstration Plant
fast facts
Hydrogen electrolyser: 600-700 kW
Solar farm: 2 MW
Battery: 2 MW / 4 MWh
Hydrogen fuel cell: <50 kW
Project overview
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 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.
Benefits
The project offers multiple benefits because of hydrogen's ability to be used as both a fuel and as a way to store energy.
- Renewable hydrogen product can be used to decarbonise heavy transport.
- The plant's battery can provide grid stability services.
- Skills development opportunities for our employees and local industry on the Western Downs.
location
The project will be constructed on cleared land at CS Energy's Kogan Creek Power Station near Chinchilla. Our joint feasibility study with IHI Corporation Japan confirmed that this is a good location for the demonstration project with existing assets (including land and water) and plenty of space for potential expansion opportunities.
The demonstration plant’s water use is expected to be minimal. CS Energy will supply water from its existing bore water licences and current Kogan Creek Power Station operations demineralised water infrastructure.
Hydrogen offtakers
Discussions are well advanced with potential offtakers in the domestic heavy transport and haulage market in Queensland. This illustrates the growing interest in Australia in renewable hydrogen as a potential fuel source for hard to decarbonise industries such as heavy transport.
CS Energy is currently investigating technology and location options for modular hydrogen refuelling stations in the South East Queensland and Western Downs freight corridor.
local skills development opportunities
CS Energy has partnered with Toowoomba and Surat Basin Enterprise on a hydrogen skills mapping exercise that will ensure that existing skills in the region (including within CS Energy’s workforce) can be utilised to support the growing hydrogen supply chain.
The six month project will map and uncover the capability and potential of local businesses to support a hydrogen supply chain, creating a new online supplier portal.
TSBE encourages local businesses to create a business profile on the portal so they can be notified when the hydrogen capability questionnaire is available.
Visit: www.tsbesuppliersportal.com.au/render-page/page-hydrogen-capability-mapping
Learn more about hydrogen in the video below.