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Total Eren joins Province Resources’

8-GW HyEnergy project in Australia

AUSTRALIA TOTAL Eren and Australian miner Province “Province is excited to have a global renewa-
Resources are to work together to develop up to ble energy leader such as Total Eren as a partner
8 GW of green hydrogen production facility in with the technical and financial capability to help
the Gascoyne region, Western Australia. Province deliver this project as part of the back-
The two companies announced on April 19 bone of the nation’s hydrogen strategy.”
that they had signed a binding, four-month long The HyEnergy project is being developed in
memorandum of understanding (MoU) to com- Gascoyne, close to the Dampier Bunbury Nat-
bine knowledge and expertise for the develop- ural Gas Pipeline and the North West Coastal
ment of the proposed HyEnergy Zero Carbon Highway.
Hydrogen Project (HyEnergy). “Total Eren is pleased to partner with Prov-
According to a statement, the plant will be ince on this ambitious green hydrogen project.
equally owned by Total Eren and Province, with This new step demonstrates our strong com-
development of the integrated hybrid renewable mitment to the Australian market towards the
energy capacity led by Total Eren. Each party will decarbonisation of the country and is also a
bear its own costs during the MoU. concrete opportunity to kick off our hydrogen
Bringing in Total Eren means that Province’s strategy worldwide,” said Fabienne Demol, exec-
original plans to develop 1 GW of hybrid solar utive vice-president and global head of business
and wind capacity to produce 60,000 tonnes development of Total Eren.
per year (tpy) of green hydrogen have been “After solar, wind and storage, we believe
expanded by eight times. hydrogen is the next step of growth of renewa-
Total Eren’s involvement has also reduced ble energies. We are determined to leverage our
the projects’ risk, as it is Province Resources’ first development and technical skills to make our
venture into utility-scale green energy. first of several hydrogen projects in Australia a
“Given the recent drive by state and federal success.”
governments to quickly develop and advance Total Eren currently has 3.3 GW of renewable
the green hydrogen industry in Australia, I am energy plants worldwide, including the 256-MW
confident this project will be of strategic national solar farm at Kiamal, Victoria’s largest. It also has
importance,” said Province managing director 2 GW under development. It is 30% owned by
David Frances. Total. ™

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