Yokogawa to Supply Energy Management System for Yuri Green Hydrogen Project in Australia
The Yuri project is being undertaken in the Western Australian region by Yuri Operations Pty Ltd, a joint venture between ENGIE Renewables Australia Pty Ltd and Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
September 22, 2023. By News Bureau
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that its subsidiary Yokogawa Australia has received an order from Monford Group Pty Ltd. for the supply of an energy management system (EMS) for the initial phase (phase 0) of the Yuri Green Hydrogen project, which is building an industrial-scale renewable hydrogen production complex in Australia.
The Yuri project is being undertaken in the Western Australian region by Yuri Operations Pty Ltd, a joint venture between ENGIE Renewables Australia Pty Ltd and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. A consortium comprising engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) Technip Energies and Monford Group Pty Ltd. is building these facilities, which wil consist of an 18-megawatt solar power plant, an 8-megawatt battery energy storage system (BESS) and a 10-megawatt electrolyser. megawatts.
Through the use of zero-carbon solar energy, this facility will be capable of producing up to 640 tons of green hydrogen per year. The hydrogen will be used as a feedstock for the production of green ammonia at an adjacent ammonia plant operated by Yara Pilbara Fertiliser Pty Ltd (YPF).
YPF is a wholly owned subsidiary of Yara International ASA, which is one of the world’s largest producers of nitrogen-based mineral fertilizers.
For control of the solar power plant, BESS and electrolyser, Yokogawa Australia will provide an SGE developed by Yokogawa Group company PXiSE Energy Solutions LLC. This SGE will be combined with an integrated control system (ICS) centered Collaborative Information Server solution that Yokogawa is also expected to provide for phase 0 of this project, through a separate contract .
Once these systems are installed and itegrated, the Yuri facility’s renewable energy production will be managed autonomously to ensure consistent stability and power quality based on the adjacent ammonia plant’s operational requirements, weather and other factors.
PXiSE’s grid control solutions have already been highly evaluated at the Horizon Power project in Western Australia . Horizon Power serves the world’s largest energy supply area and, following a successful implementation in Onslow, the solutions will be adopted in 34 additional Horizon Power microgrids.
Additionally, the ability of Yokogawa Australia’s Center of Technical Excellence in Perth, Western Australia to provide technical support and engineering services backed by many years of experience in providing state-of-the-art solutions to a large number of industries across the Australia.
Commenting on Yokogawa’s participation in this project, Koji Nakaoka, senior vice president of Yokogawa and head of the company’s Energy and Sustainability Business headquaters and Global Sales headquarters, said, “In a world where systems are becoming Closely integrated, based on the system of systems (SoS) concept, we will contribute to our customers’ ESG management by offering high value-added solutions, including the integration of plant control and energy management systems to enable timely control of complex energy systems.”