Pilbara Hydrogen Hub Evaluation

CarbonTP was engaged by an international consulting firm in 2022 to provide technical and commercial support on their evaluation of the Pilbara Hydrogen Hub [PHH] pipeline in WA.

The project involved evaluating a potential WA government investment in a hydrogen or ammonia pipeline, as common user infrastructure to help catalyse development of a green hydrogen export  industry.  The proposed PHH pipeline would connect the Maitland SIA to the Burrup SIA providing a route for export of green hydrogen or ammonia produced in the Maitland SIA.

CarbonTP provided the following to support decision making:

• An analysis of options including refrigerated liquid ammonia, compressed liquid ammonia, compressed hydrogen and liquid hydrogen
• Establishment of the potential maximum capacity required in terms of export limitations and likely upstream manufacturing capacity
• An analysis of relative costs between the different options, both in terms of pipeline costs and costs of supporting infrastructure and the trade-offs
• An assessment of the likelihood, timing and scale of announced hydrogen manufacturing projects
• Independent evaluation of relative costs of clean hydrogen/ammonia production
• A high-level evaluation of the potential risk factors associated with each option