Australia-based Edify Energy has ventured into a partnership with German company Siemens Energy Global to construct a green hydrogen production facility in Queensland.
The site, dubbed EGH2, will involve applied research conducted at universities in Australia and Germany to manufacture green hydrogen using Australia’s supplies of solar power, supplemented by wind energy.
The EGH2 project recently received $20.7 million in funding from HyGATE Incubator Initiative— a publicly funded program that supports the development of Australian-German hydrogen concepts.
Siemens Energy will contribute its cutting-edge technology and deep engineering enterprise while Edify will bring its local know-how to the collaboration.
“We’re more agile and can move faster,” said Edify CEO John Cole. “But like Siemens Energy, we’re very much about going through the steps, approaching it like a developer and working away methodically to make sure we can deliver.”
For the EGH2 project, the Australian company sought a place with abundant solar resources, good water supplies and excellent port access— all of which Northern Queensland has to offer on top of its official support, Austrade said in an article.
The Queensland government announced the development of the North Queensland Super Hub in 2022.
Townsville’s Lansdown Eco-Industrial Precinct, where the EGH2 facility will be located, is already under construction.
Established in 2015, Edify has handled the development, structuring, financing, and delivery of 773 MWp of utility-scale solar projects, along with a 25 MW/50 MWh battery storage system in NSW, Victoria, and Queensland.
The company has also 10 years of experience working with the renewable energy industries in Europe and the United Kingdom.
