Renewable power
Low impact efficient renewable power
Utilising renewable power in an efficient and effective way to locally produce and distribute a range of Zero Emissions Resources (Sub.Zero) will play a critical role in accelerating our climate transition towards net zero.
Zero emissions resources that are available to hard to abate sectors are essential. Green hydrogen that also doubles to provide locally sourced on demand grid power, micro-grid capacity, fast charging power to vehicles and balance to the grid. Utilising methanol, renewable power is capable to be stored and consumed when it is needed acts to destress the upgrades of our electricity infrastructure.
The energy efficiency of the HPAG process requires one-sixth the renewable power required for hydrogen by electrolysis production. Lower renewable power demands lowers:
the carbon intensity of the hydrogen produced;
site and project capital expenditure requirements; and
the biodiversity impacts for land that would otherwise be dedicated to solar and wind farms.
Virtual on-demand 24/7 electricity
Hydrogen is capable to be stored as methanol and used as required to generate on demand grid low carbon renewable power. This provides an ideal platform for micro-grids in regional communities.
The innovation is to integrate Grade A hydrogen and methanol production at scale with intermittent renewable energy available like battery storage through virtual power plant schemes.
The success of this grid interaction with and integration of fast-response hydrogen power generation to provide on-site generation and grid export capability during times of low generation from other renewable resources.
The net result is a “hybrid” system with bi-directional power flow capabilities with the gasifier importing power from the grid, and the generator exporting power to the grid, similar to the case of energy storage systems.