Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) and Firstgas Group, New Zealand’s largest gas network, have launched a new collaboration to investigate developing green hydrogen projects in New Zealand.
The partners will seek to identify opportunities to produce and distribute green hydrogen to tens of thousands of homes and businesses in the country.
In March 2021, Firstgas announced a plan to decarbonize New Zealand’s pipeline network by transitioning from natural gas to hydrogen. From 2030, hydrogen will be blended into the North Island’s natural gas network, with conversion to a 100 percent hydrogen grid by 2050.
FFI and Firstgas will undertake feasibility studies to assess the technical, commercial and operational parameters of opportunities, enabling the potential development of projects. This will include assessing the use of existing energy assets.
““Integrating green hydrogen into NZ’s current energy mix gives our country the best available balance