Utility company ENGIE will build an industrial-scale renewable hydrogen project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Scheduled for completion in 2024, the first phase of the Yuri project will produce up to 640 tonnes of renewable hydrogen per year as a zero-carbon feedstock for Yara Australia’s ammonia production facility in Karratha.
The Yuri project is being developed with the support of a US$47.5 million grant from The Australian government’s ARENA Renewable Hydrogen Deployment Fund and a US$2 million grant by the Western Australian Government’s Renewable Hydrogen Fund.
The project will include a 10 MW electrolyzer powered by 18 MW of solar PV and supported by an 8 MW battery energy storage system. Permitting is completed, a 100% offtake contract is in place with Yara, and construction is set to commence by November 2022.
Technip Energies will be responsible for the overall project management and the electrolysis plant engineering, procurement, commissioning and start up. Australia construction firm Monford Group is responsible for the overall project construction and the PV farm engineering, procurement, commissioning, and start up.
