It benefits from the world’s best solar resources, does not require large sunk costs before it begins producing, and it is located at the ‘energy corridor’ of rail, road and gas pipeline infrastructure linking directly to Darwin Port. “It uses proven technology and has its own water supply. “The project has multiple competitive advantages,” Reiter continued. If everything goes according to plan Desert Bloom will comprise around 4,000 HPUs.Īccording to a statement, Aqua Aerem’s majority owner, Sanguine Impact Investment, will be providing the capital for the project, and already has agreements with a large unnamed Japanese gas buyer and NT power utility Territory Generation. Like other large-scale green hydrogen projects, Desert Bloom is being planned as a series of interconnected modular and portable systems, in this case, 2 MW hydrogen production units (HPUs) that will each generate water, heat, electricity, and of course hydrogen. It is now moving to a commercial construction phase in 2022, with plans to produce approximately 410,000 tons of green hydrogen annually by 2027 at a price point below $2/kg. This technology will open the door for green hydrogen projects to be located where the best renewable power sources are available, which is generally in the driest areas of the planet.”įrom March, the company ran a 12-week pilot project at just such a dry area, Tennant Creek, close to existing gas pipeline infrastructure. “Our air-to-water technology, which solves this previously intractable water supply problem, is a world first invented and developed here in Australia. ![]() “With today’s announcement, the pathway for green hydrogen becomes a reality,” said Reiter. This commercial quantity of water can then be used in solar electrolysis, with water split into its constituent parts, namely hydrogen and oxygen.Īqua Aerem CEO Gerard Reiter said the project was “transformative” in the way it managed to overcome water supply and solar/electrolysis integration problems that have thus far held back global renewable hydrogen production. Aqua Aerem’s patented proprietary technology captures water from the atmosphere in arid environments using off-grid solar energy, with no waste other than air. And this is exactly the hurdle that Desert Bloom could avoid.Īccording to Aqua Aerem, for every 1 kg of hydrogen produced, 9 liters of water are required. However, it is often the case that highly sunny places are also places of high water scarcity. The Northern Territory government has granted “Major Project Status” to “water-from-air” technology company Aqua Aerem to develop its AUD 15 billion ($10.7 billion), 10 GW Desert Bloom Hydrogen project in Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, with ambitious plans for commercial production by 2023.Īround the world, large-scale green hydrogen projects are being touted for highly irradiated regions looking to use solar resources for the future green hydrogen economy.
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