This Lessons Learnt Report is the first for this groundbreaking project and documents some of the key challenges encountered so far in order to build Australia’s largest green hydrogen production facility in the remote Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Report extract
ENGIE and Mitsui are developing one of the world’s first industrial-scale renewable hydrogen projects to provide feedstock into Yara Pilbara Fertilisers’ (Yara) existing ammonia operations near Karratha in 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’s ammonia production facility in Karratha. This will be key to developing a ‘Pilbara Green Hydrogen Hub’, serving local and export markets, and building on existing export infrastructure and abundant renewable energy resources in the region. This project is receiving funding from ARENA and the WA Renewable Hydrogen Fund as part of the Western Australian Government’s Renewable Hydrogen Strategy.
The project will include a 10 MW electrolyser powered by 18 MW of solar PV and supported by an 8 MW battery energy storage system, generating renewable hydrogen for use in Yara’s ammonia facility at Karratha.
Construction works started on 1 December 2022.
This report intends to share lessons learned during the business development phase and throughout the first months of the execution phase.
