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Fortescue has officially opened a 2 GW hydrogen electrolyzer factory in Australia and has followed that by also confirming plans to set up a 50 MW green hydrogen production plant in the state of Queensland.
Fortescue has opened a hydrogen electrolyzer factory near Gladstone, Queensland, that will have capacity to produce more than 2 GW of proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer stacks per year, helping to support the companys plans to ramp up green hydrogen production in the decade ahead.
Fortescue Energy Chief Executive Mark Hutchinson said the 15,000 square-metre facility at Aldoga, about 25 kilometers west of Gladstone, is one the first in the world to house a fully automated production line and establishes the company as an original equipment manufacturer (OEM).
“The process of splitting hydrogen and oxygen isn’t new – but the innovative ways the world is looking to use green hydrogen to decarbonise are, and that means demand for green hydrogen and for the electrolysers to produce it is growing rapidly,” he said. “This facility positions Fortescue and Gladstone as a large-scale producer of what will be an increasingly sought-after commodity in the global shift to green energy. We’re strategically focussed on building out our energy business. Not only are we developing a pipeline of green energy projects, we’re also now designing and manufacturing the specialized equipment and technology that will underpin our green hydrogen projects and that of others.”
The Gladstone factory, which will use PEM technology developed in-house by Fortescue teams in Australia and the United States, is central to the company’s plans to be a global leader in the production of green hydrogen, having regularly affirmed its goal to produce 15 million tons a year by 2030.
Hutchinson said the Gladstone facility provides an environment for Fortescue to keep pace with the rapidly changing technologies in the green hydrogen space and then leverage that experience. |
