Arena supports Gibson Island hydrogen plans
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (Arena) has awarded A$13.7-million in funding to green energy developer Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) and its partner Incitec Pivot (IPL) to fund a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study for the development of a large-scale renewable hydrogen production facility and conversion of IPL’s existing Gibson Island ammonia plant to use renewable hydrogen produced by the hydrogen facility.
IPL’s Gibson Island facility will cease traditional fertiliser manufacturing early in the new year. As part of IPL’s decarbonisation strategy and in line with FFI’s goals to help heavy industry decarbonise, the Brisbane ammonia manufacturing and port facility conversion would be a world-first.