Amp Energy has signed an agreement with Iron Road to develop green hydrogen at scale on the Cape Hardy Port Precinct in South Australia.
Amp Energy, a Carlyle portfolio company, is among the largest hydrogen developers in Australia, where it is progressing the development of 20GW of electrolyser capacity across three precincts, equivalent to 19 million tonnes per annum of green ammonia production.
Amp’s integrated model in Australia of owning and optimizing feedstock generation assets, transmission, processing, and export, will allow the delivery of cost-competitive hydrogen production globally, it said.
Amp chose the Cape Hardy project due to its strategic geographic location and strong support from the South Australia Government.
The Cape Hardy site has direct access to high voltage power through existing transmission infrastructure as well as a deep-water port that will facilitate transportation of the hydrogen product.
Furthermore, both the Traditional Owners of the land (the Barngala people) and the Eyre Peninsula landowners have strong relationships with the project.
The Australian Government has already shown firm support through its earlier announcement of US$25 million for further Port infrastructure development, Amp added.
These factors will support the project to produce green hydrogen at competitive global prices and help South Australia meet its green hydrogen goals, it said.
The Company intends to develop and build up to 5GW of electrolyser capacity over the next decade in the precinct, delivering over 5 million tonnes per annum of green ammonia, which will establish South Australia as a global leader in the production of green hydrogen and ammonia.
At this scale, 4,800 direct and indirect construction jobs and 250 direct and indirect operations jobs are expected to be created.