Australia’s largest renewable gas project Hydrogen Park South Australia (Hyp SA) is starting to take shape.

Based at the Tonsley Innovation District in Adelaide, the $11.4m demonstration project, delivered and funded by Australian Gas Networks (AGN), will produce renewable hydrogen using water and renewable electricity through electrolysis from mid-2020.

The project will demonstrate the feasibility of blending hydrogen into the South Australian gas network and inform the South Australian Government’s planning to transition the gas distribution network.

AGN will supply more than 700 properties in the nearby suburb of Mitchell Park with a blend of 5% renewable hydrogen in natural gas, delivered through the existing gas network.

Australian energy and infrastructure services company Valmec is currently completing the concrete works for the electrolyser shed slab foundation and the stand-alone foundations for the balance of plant supporting packages.

The next phase of the project involves the construction of the electrolyser shed and the positioning of supporting packages on the foundations.

Once operational, the facility is set to produce renewable hydrogen by mid-2020, for blending with natural gas, and supply to nearby properties via the existing gas network as part of a five-year demonstration.