Name of the Project
H2-Hub Gladstone project.

Location
Queensland, Australia.

Project Owner/s
H2U Group and Orica announced a strategic partnership agreement to initiate the first phase of the proposed H2-Hub Gladstone project in April 2022. Both parties will explore opportunities for an exclusive domestic green ammonia offtake and supply agreement. The potential agreement will result in green ammonia being supplied directly to Orica’s Yarwun manufacturing plant from H2U’s proposed Yarwun green ammonia production plant.

Orica and H2U will also collaborate on the exploration of a potential green ammonia export terminal at the Port of Gladstone, leveraging the existing Orica ammonia storage capacity at the Fisherman’s Landing Wharf and the associated connecting infrastructure in the Gladstone State Development Area to facilitate large scale exports.

Project Description
The proposed H2-Hub is an industrial-scale green hydrogen and ammonia production complex – integrating up to eight industrial scale process trains – with a planned capacity of up to 3 GW of electrolysis and up to 5 000 t/d of green ammonia production.

It is expected that the proposed facility will use 100% renewable energy from new-build solar and wind resources in the Queensland region of the National Electricity Market. The facility could also contribute to improving the reliability of renewable electricity supply, with the integration of new renewable generation assets in central Queensland.

Potential Job Creation
The project has the potential to create more than 550 jobs during construction, more than 140 ongoing local operational jobs and about
1 900 indirect jobs.

Capital Expenditure
Not stated.

Planned Start/End Date
The masterplan study will run for about six months, with front-end engineering and development approval activities scheduled to start in the second half of 2022. The financial investment decision for the activation phase of development is scheduled by for June 2023, with H2-Hub Gladstone project operations scheduled to start in 2025. The latter expansion phase is scheduled to take place between 2027 and 2030.

Latest Developments
None stated.

Key Contracts, Suppliers and Consultants
None stated.

Contact Details for Project Information
H2U Group, email info@hydrogenutility.com.
Orica, tel +61 3 9665 7111.