Business South May 2023

| 3 “There’s currently a premium for hydrogen; we are aiming to try and get that down to a price of parity...” REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT HWR Group T T Russell Fredric Bringing hydrogen fuel to the South HWR chief executive, Anthony Jones: “Hydrogen is a future fuel that will transform the transport industry...” Industrial • Commercial • Residential “Quality Solutions delivered on Time” INVERCARGILL QUEENSTOWN DUNEDIN CHRISTCHURCH HYDROGEN SOLUTIONS We provide advice on your decarbonisation strategy ‰Ǹȿͅ΃˰ջ ڑ ʧ˷ ڑ Ɇ̇˷˃΃˷Ɇʹʧ̇˷ ڑ Ψʧʹʔ ڑ I˓ɤǸ˷ ڑ Ŷ̇Ψɤͅ ¡ڑ ζɒ̇ͅʊɤ˷ ڑ ՄIŶ¡ԐՅջ ڑ ˰Ǹ˷΃ʅǸɆʹ΃ͅɤͣ ڑ ˰ɤ˰ȿͅǸ˷ɤՑʅͅɤɤ ¡ڑ ζɒ̇ͅʊɤ˷ ڑ Ŷ̇ͅɒ΃Ɇʹʧ̇˷ ڑ Ƌζͣʹɤ˰ͣջ ڑ Ǹ˓̇˷ʊ ڑ Ψʧʹʔ ڑ ̇΃ͅ ڑ ʔζɒ̇ͅʊɤ˷ ڑ ˓ʧ́΃ɤʅǸɆʹʧ̇˷ ڑ Ǹ˷ɒ ڑ ͣʹ̇ͅǸʊɤ ڑ ͣ̇˓΃ʹʧ̇˷ͣռ ڑ ƙʔɤ ڑ ǸɒΤǸ˷ʹǸʊɤ ڑ ̇ʅ ڑ ʹʔʧͣ ڑ ̻Ǹʹɤ˷ʹɤɒ ڑ ʹɤɆʔ˷̇˓̇ʊζ ڑ ʧͣ ڑ Ǹ ڑ ˓̇˷ʊɤͅ ڑ ̻̇ɤͅǸʹʧ˷ʊ ڑ ˓ʧʅɤջ ڑ ˓̇Ψ ڑ ˰Ǹʧ˷ʹɤ˷Ǹ˷Ɇɤջ ڑ Ǹ˷ɒ ڑ ˷̇ ڑ ͅǸͅɤ ڑ ɤǸͅʹʔ ڑ ˰ɤʹǸ˓ͣ ڑ ΃ͣɤɒռ HYDROGEN PRODUCTION SYSTEMS Membrane Free Electrolysers HYDROGEN LIQUEFACTION SYSTEMS Modular systems up to 4000kg per day ¡ǕTžŀ_ī ڑ ŀī՞Aŀ žT ڑ Dž_¡ÅIĘ_ ڑ ƋǕƋƙ_ģƋ •Light weight on-board fuel tanks •Thermal management of gas supply to fuel cells •Green Hydrogen Electrolysers “FUEL YOUR OWN FLEET” Fuel stations and fleet conversions FABRUM.NZ Currently, we have hydrogen projects internationally across Aviation, Marine and Heavy Transport and Heavy Industry. •Liquefiers, storage and dispensing system FABRUM.NZ Mission Critical Solutions. Providing world leading solutions in engineering and cryogenic technology. NEW ZEALAND ԏԐԘǸ ڑ LjǸʹɤͅ˓̇̇ ڑ ž̇Ǹɒջ ¡ڑ ̇ͅ˷ȿζջ IʔͅʧͣʹɆʔ΃ͅɆʔ ڑ ԘԎԓԐ Ɇ̇˷ʹǸɆʹՃʅǸȿͅ΃˰ռ˷ύ FRANCE Ԑ ڑ ž΃ɤ ڑ ɒɤͣ ڑ ģ΃ͅǸʧ˓˓ɤͣջ ԒԘԏԗԎ ڑ Ƌɤζͣͣʧ˷ɤʹ ڑ ŶǸͅʧͣɤʹ Ɇ̇˷ʹǸɆʹՃʅǸȿͅ΃˰ռ˷ύ USA ˓̇ΤɤͣͅΤʧ˓˓ɤջ ڑ īǕ ڑ ԏԐԎԗԘ Ɇ̇˷ʹǸɆʹՃʅǸȿͅ΃˰ռ˷ύ INDIA ĎǸͣʹ΃ͅȿǸ ڑ Ǹ˷ɒʔʧջ ڑ ģǸͅʊջ īɤΨ ڑ Tɤ˓ʔʧ ڑ ԏԏԎ ڑ ԎԎԏ Ɇ̇˷ʹǸɆʹՃʅǸȿͅ΃˰ռ˷ύ HYDROGEN SOLUTIONS ELECTROLYSER H ج COMPRESSOR PRESSURED GAS STORAGE ԒԔԎՍԗԎԎ ڑ A ž ڑ DISPENSER ¡Å¡ ڑ Ŷž_ƋƋƥž_ ڑ  Ƌ ¡ڑ ƥA ڑ īT ڑ ƋŶŀĎ_ ڑ TÅƋƙžÅAƥƙÅŀī LIQUEFACATION PLANT LIQUID H2 STORAGE TANK LIQUID H2 DISPENSER LIQUID H2 TRANSPORT TANKER HYDROGEN POWER GENERATION UNIT LIQUID H2 STORAGE TANK ŀī ڑ Aŀ žT ڑ ƋǕƋƙ_ģ In a South Island first, a hydrogen fuel production plant and refuelling station is being commissioned in Gore by HWR Group. The facility will be incorporated into Allied Petroleum’s existing Gore refuelling station, and it is planned to eventually make hydrogen fuel available at all Allied Petroleum’s 120 fuel stops nationwide. HWR chief executive Anthony Jones says the group’s management has been following hydrogen fuel technology for about the past two years and its decision to commit to producing and retailing it means it is leading the way in driving change in the industry. “Hydrogen is a future fuel that will transform the transport industry, shifting it from being one of the largest emitters, to one of sustainability’s biggest champions. The Gore facility combines a 1.1 megawatt capacity electrolyser with cryogenic technologies which enables the production of hydrogen into a containerised system to enable point-of-use refuelling. “For HWR, there are two streams of work in our hydrogen plan: dual fuel technology in truck fleets, and a hydrogen refuelling network.” Assessing the system will involve a trial with 10 dual-fuel diesel/hydrogen trucks, including a specialised truck that was imported late last year, across HWR’s fleet. “Dual fuel hydrogen technology co-combusts hydrogen gas with diesel in an internal combustion engine, so we’ve been trialling that through various applications and products.” The trial trucks have two modes of operation; diesel only in which the truck operates on 100% diesel, and diesel and hydrogen mode in which up to 40% of the truck’s fuel comprises hydrogen by injecting both hydrogen and diesel at the same time. The trucks will be equipped with five, five kilogram tanks of compressed hydrogen which, combined with diesel, will allow about a day and a half of operation before refuelling. The driver can choose either mode from a display in the cab. If there is no hydrogen left, the system will automatically switch to diesel. Allied Petroleum’s Gore plant will produce up to 450 kilograms of hydrogen per day. While HWR sees that electric vehicles have their place, with heavy mass, long distance trucks the reduction in payload that would be incurred because of the weight of batteries and the charge time of several hours would make them unviable, Anthony says. “We saw that hydrogen was the only solution. The beauty of HWR is that we have supply and demand side application throughout our petroleum business; we provide around 550 million litres of retail fuel sales [annually] across New Zealand.” There are no carbon emissions from producing hydrogen when it is powered from renewable sources, making hydrogen produced in this manner completely green. “There’s currently a premium for hydrogen; we are aiming to try and get that down to a price of parity, that’s what we are going to be working through on the trial.” Despite undertaking the trial, HWR’s management is 100% confident of its success because of an established track record of using hydrogen fuel in heavy transport in Europe. There has been considerable interest in HWR producing the fuel in the New Zealand transport industry. “That application stacks up for New Zealand. We’ve had a lot of interest from industry and we will look to roll that out in a commercial fashion, creating both demand and supply. It’s probably fair to say we’ve been inundated by demand; we now need to create the supply network for hydrogen.”

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