The H2TAS Renewable Hydrogen and Ammonia Facility is a hydrogen and ammonia production plant proposed by Woodside Energy to be located in Long Reach, in the North West of Tasmania.
Once complete the project would be capable of 750 megawatts (MW) of electrolysis for hydrogen and ammonia production. The project is proposed to be completed in two phases:
Phase One: electrolysis capacity of up to 350 MW, producing approximately 220,000 tonnes of ammonia per year.
Phase Two: electrolysis capacity of up to 400 MW, producing approximately 580,000 tonnes of ammonia per year.
The project will source water from the nearby River Tamar.
In its half yearly report for the period ended 30 June 2024, Woodside Energy noted that it had withdrawn environmental applications submitted under the Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994 and Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. The report noted that Woodside continues to assess the viability of this potential opportunity.
Key Dates
| Nov 2021 | Project Announcement |
PROJECT HISTORY
| Jan 2021 | Woodisde signed a memorandum of Understanding with the Tasmanian Government in support of the project. |
| May 2021 | Woodside announced a project consortium under a Heads of Agreement with Japanese companies Marubeni Corporation and IHI Corporation. |
| Nov 2021 | Woodside announced that land for the project's site has been secured. The site is located in Austrak Business park in Bell Bay, north west Tasmania. |
| Apr 2022 | Woodside released a Notice of Intent with a revised project scope and a new site location. The revised project has 750MW of electrolysis capacity, down from 1.7GW detailed in the previous proposal, and is to be located slightly north of the previous site, but remain in the same area. |
| Aug 2024 | In its half yearly report for the period ended 30 June 2024, Woodside Energy announced that it had withdrawn the project's environmental applications for the project, and announced it would put the project on hold. The report noted that Woodside expected to continue to assess the viability of this potential opportunity. |
