Western Sydney Green Gas Project
In another global first for Optimal, we delivered a Capstone microturbine that operates on 100% Hydrogen for Jemena’s Western Sydney Green Gas Project.
Project Details
| Site Owner | Jemena |
| Commission Date | 2023 |
| Fuel Source | Hydrogen |
| Facility | Green Gas Project |
| Location | Horsley Park, NSW |
| System Application | Power Only |
Description
Jemena, which owns and operates a diverse portfolio of energy assets across the east coast of Australia and the Northern Territory, decided to begin the Western Sydney Green Gas project to investigate and innovate hydrogen applications in Australia.
Part of this project involves installing a natural gas C65 microturbine which will be converted to run on a hydrogen blend, which Optimal Group managed to accomplish in another world-first. This project also included an Optimal packaged 30 kW fuel cell to meet Jemena's deadline requested by Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and to demonstrate the advantages of each technology. Moreover, this configuration allows Jemena to combine the high base load efficiency of the fuel cell with the rapid response capability of a microturbine.
In May of 2022, after a lot of hard work, we finally started running the C65 at Jemena’s site using hydrogen from the site bulk storage produced by the Hydrogenics electrolyser, at 99.87% hydrogen purity. The fuel cell was put into operation around the same time.