The Western Australian Government will provide a $2 million grant from its Renewable Hydrogen Fund for Yara Pilbara Fertiliser’s YURI Green Ammonia Project on the Burrup Peninsula.
The YURI Green Ammonia Project will use solar energy to create renewable hydrogen, which will in turn be used to produce green ammonia for export to global markets.
Yara, in collaboration with ENGIE, will install a 10-megawatt renewable hydrogen plant to feed into its existing ammonia plant on the Burrup. The company plans to significantly scale up to 500-megawatts over the coming years.
The project is one of four in the state currently being considered for the Australian Renewable Energy Agency’s $70 million Renewable Hydrogen Deployment Fund grants program.
An additional $5 million is available as part of the Renewable Hydrogen Fund, for projects that help make Western Australia into a significant producer, exporter and user of renewable hydrogen.
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The first round of the State’s Renewable Hydrogen Fund saw $6 million in grants committed to four capital works projects, and $1.67 million committed to seven feasibility studies.
Regional Development Minister Alannah MacTiernan said Western Australia has an extraordinary opportunity to become a leader in the emerging renewable hydrogen industry.
“With Yara’s Pilbara site alone accounting for 5 per cent of the world’s ammonia production, this project offers a unique opportunity for WA to demonstrate the potential of green hydrogen at an industrial scale.
“This project will put the Pilbara front-and-centre in the global renewable hydrogen race, creating a clean ammonia product for the world.”
Pilbara MLA Kevin Michel said the WA Government is committed to diversifying the Pilbara economy and creating local jobs.
“This project will be a big boost for our region, kick-starting a new renewable hydrogen industry on the Burrup and creating new job opportunities for locals.”