Australian LNG player Woodside is joining forces with Japan Suiso Energy (JSE) and Kansai Electric Power (KEPCO) to develop a liquefied hydrogen (LH2) supply chain between Australia and Japan.
In that regard, the three firms signed a new memorandum of understanding.
Under the MoU, the parties will create an “innovative” supply chain in which liquefied hydrogen, produced at Woodside’s proposed H2Perth project in Western Australia, would be shipped in liquefied hydrogen carriers to receiving terminals in Japan, according to Woodside.
Woodside’s H2Perth project would be located in the Rockingham and Kwinana Industrial Zones in Perth, Western Australia.
Moreover, the facility is intended to produce liquefied hydrogen via natural gas reforming, with the
intention of achieving net zero Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions from the start of operations, Woodside said.
This would be achieved through the application of carbon capture and storage, and to the extent needed, the use of carbon credits as offsets, Woodside said.
Last year, Woodisde also joined forces with Japan’s shipping firm MOL, South Korea’s HD Korea Shipbuilding and Offshore Engineering, and shipping company Hyundai Glovis to study shipping solutions for the bulk transport of LH2.
In this project, the companies will study the technology, safety, construction, operation, and economics of a carrier with 80,000 cbm tank capacity.
It is also worth noting here that Woodside scrapped its proposed H2OK hydrogen project in Ardmore, Oklahoma, earlier this year.
The project was expected to produce up to 60 tonnes per day (tpd) of LH2 through electrolysis and liquefaction.