A 750MW green hydrogen-to-fertiliser project in Western Australia shortlisted for federal government subsidies has lined up US PEM electrolyser maker Electric Hydrogen as a key technology provider.
Project Helios, being developed by conglomerate Perdaman, aims to produce green hydrogen for urea production in Karratha, Western Australia.
Perdaman named Electric Hydrogen as its “preferred electrolyser vendor” for the project designed to deliver hydrogen to Perdaman’s 2.3 million tonne per year urea and ammonia plant known as Project Ceres.
Ceres, which will also operate using grey hydrogen produced by the autothermal reforming of methane, reached financial close in 2023.
Helios was shortlisted under the Australian government’s second Hydrogen Headstart programme, which could see it receive per-kilogramme subsidies.
All Headstart-shortlisted projects are due to submit full applications by early September before final selection.
For Electric Hydrogen, the selection adds to a growing list of large-scale projects looking to use its standardised PEM electrolyser plants.
In December, the Massachusetts-based company was selected to supply 240MW of systems to Synergen Green Energy’s planned development in Texas, under a front-end engineering design deal.
It was also selected by e-fuels maker HIF Global to supply electrolysers for its planned 1.8GW e-methanol facility in the US.
The firm’s first commercial 100MW plant is due to come online this year as part of e-fuel producer Infinium’s Project Roadrunner in Texas.
