The Government of the Australian state of West Australia has approved the allocation of land to the British oil and gas company BP to develop a 26 GW renewable and green hydrogen project at the Boodarie strategic industrial area near Port Hedland in the Pilbara (north-western Australia).
The project, estimated at AUD53bn (US$36.7bn) will be developed by BP through the Australian Renewable Energy Hub (AREH) initiative, in which the company bought a 40.5% stake in June 2022; other participants in the AREH are InterContinental Energy (26.4%), CWP Global (17.8%) and Macquarie (15.3%). The AREH will comprise up to 26 GW of onshore wind and solar power generating capacity and, at full capacity, is expected to produce about 1.6 Mt/year of green hydrogen or 9 Mt/year of green ammonia. The project may enter into construction in 2026, with first hydrogen exports in 2027-2028.
Overall, the Government of Western Australia has allocated land to several companies for seven mostly green hydrogen-related projects, collectively valued at AUD70bn (US$48.35bn), that will be built at two industrial estates on the Pilbara coast. At the 4,000-hectare Boodarie strategic industrial area, land was allocated to BP, the South Korean steel producer Posco, the Australian power utility Alinta Energy, Fortescue Metals Group and the UK-based mining company Tees Valley Lithium. Australia’s Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) and Equus Energy secured land from the Government of Western Australia at the 8,000-hectare Ashburton North strategic industrial area near Onslow.
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