Neoen aims solar wind powered hydrogen hub in S.A

South Australia’s Neoen claimed to be another “world’s biggest” storage project adding wind and solar-powered hydrogen storage to add to its world’s biggest lithium-ion battery storage installation terming it to be biggest virtual plant.

The state labor government has asserted plans to provide initial funding, and ultimately a loan, to help French renewable energy developer Neoen build a 50MW hydrogen “electrolyser” that would be powered by a new wind and solar complex at Crystal Brook, north of Adelaide.

The complex will combine a new wind farm and solar production facility amounting to be 300MW along with a remarkable amount of battery storage and lay down the foundations to export large quantities of “renewable hydrogen” to Asia, competing as a green substitute to LNG.

Noeon is the operator of the Hornsdale Power reserve which is considered to be the official name of Tesla big battery thereby ensuring 100% renewable energy for the country’s biggest greenhouse.

South Australia will provide a $1 million grant to help Neoen complete its feasibility study for the so-called Hydrogen Superhub, and would then provide a further $4 million grant, and a $20 million loan should the $600 million project go ahead.

Neoen is already committed to a hydrogen project for the ACT government, part of its winning tender for stage 3 of the Hornsdale wind farm, which will contribute towards the territory’s 100 per cent renewable electricity by 2020 target.