- Production facility
Company / lead organisation
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ABEL Energy
Status
- FEED
Location
Bell Bay (former Bell Bay Power Station site), northern Tasmania
Fuel / pathway
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Green methanol, for maritime fuel and chemical feedstock markets
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Renewable hydrogen from water electrolysis combined with syngas from biomass gasification of plantation forestry residues
Capacity / output
Up to 360,000 tonnes/year green methanol
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Funding source & support
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$70 million
Commonwealth and Tasmanian Government agreement, Bell Bay hydrogen hub
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Iberdrola Australia partnership
Estimated investment
$2 billion
total facility build
Brief description
Renewable hydrogen and green methanol facility at the Bell Bay Advanced Manufacturing Zone, combining a large-scale water electrolysis plant with biomass gasification of certified plantation forestry residues to produce up to 360,000 tonnes per annum of green methanol, targeted primarily at the maritime fuel market. Worley was engaged for front-end engineering design in January 2024, with Johnson Matthey supplying methanol synthesis technology, SunGas Renewables the biomass gasification technology and thyssenkrupp nucera the electrolysers. Named provisional proponent for the Tasmanian Green Hydrogen Hub in May 2025.