Name: Unlocking Renewable Gas Opportunities
Uploaded: 2024-03-24T23:47:55.921Z
Duration: 672.03

20240219_011024000_iOS.mp4

Jarrod Edited.vtt

Subtitles

{{00:00:05}}
The opportunity that renewable

{{00:00:06}}
gases present is another

{{00:00:08}}
decarbonised solution.

{{00:00:09}}
Just like the renewable

{{00:00:10}}
electricity sector has

{{00:00:11}}
in the past, we've now

{{00:00:13}}
got another opportunity

{{00:00:14}}
with renewable gases.

{{00:00:15}}
So we can leverage our

{{00:00:16}}
land, our capability to

{{00:00:19}}
produce cheap renewable

{{00:00:20}}
electricity, to produce

{{00:00:21}}
hydrogen, our agricultural

{{00:00:23}}
sector to promote biomethane,

{{00:00:25}}
and also waste reuse.

{{00:00:26}}
So biomethane we see as

{{00:00:28}}
a circular economy piece.

{{00:00:29}}
Can you

{{00:00:42}}
just introduce yourself,

{{00:00:44}}
what's your name, what you

{{00:00:45}}
do and et cetera, yeah.

{{00:00:47}}
I'm Jarrod Irving, senior

{{00:00:49}}
advisor, Renewable Gas

{{00:00:50}}
Development at Australian

{{00:00:51}}
Gas Infrastructure Group.

{{00:00:53}}
I work in the decarbonization

{{00:00:56}}
of our infrastructure

{{00:00:57}}
assets across, Australia,

{{00:00:59}}
including distribution,

{{00:01:01}}
in Victoria, South

{{00:01:03}}
Australia and Queensland.

{{00:01:06}}
So we're going to talk

{{00:01:07}}
about unlocking the

{{00:01:09}}
renewable gas opportunity

{{00:01:10}}
in Queensland today.

{{00:01:11}}
So can you give us just a

{{00:01:12}}
quick overview of Queensland's

{{00:01:14}}
renewable gas development

{{00:01:15}}
journey by providing a

{{00:01:17}}
quick update on what's

{{00:01:19}}
happening in Queensland

{{00:01:20}}
on this particular topic?

{{00:01:22}}
Yeah, so what we see as

{{00:01:23}}
part of our renewable gas

{{00:01:25}}
strategy, we are aiming

{{00:01:27}}
to decarbonise our assets.

{{00:01:29}}
We have a target of 10

{{00:01:31}}
percent by 2030 and we also

{{00:01:33}}
have a stretch target of 100

{{00:01:36}}
percent decarbonisation of

{{00:01:37}}
our distribution assets by

{{00:01:39}}
2040 and 2050 at the latest.

{{00:01:42}}
Now we see Queenslanders

{{00:01:44}}
playing a pivotal role

{{00:01:45}}
in the decarbonisation

{{00:01:46}}
of those assets.

{{00:01:48}}
We, as part of the work that

{{00:01:50}}
we're doing with hydrogen

{{00:01:52}}
and biomethane, we see

{{00:01:54}}
both of those playing a key

{{00:01:55}}
role in the decarbonisation

{{00:01:57}}
within Queensland and then

{{00:01:58}}
also our other states.

{{00:02:00}}
So for us, we have

{{00:02:01}}
Hydrogen Park Gladstone.

{{00:02:02}}
Which is our 175 kilowatt

{{00:02:06}}
electrolyzer project

{{00:02:07}}
that's currently under

{{00:02:08}}
construction at the moment.

{{00:02:10}}
That's being delivered

{{00:02:11}}
and will be commissioned

{{00:02:12}}
in the next month.

{{00:02:13}}
Which is really exciting and

{{00:02:14}}
what we're doing is we're

{{00:02:15}}
taking those lessons learned

{{00:02:17}}
by blending 10 percent

{{00:02:19}}
hydrogen into the gas network

{{00:02:20}}
by volume and applying it

{{00:02:23}}
at our future projects like

{{00:02:24}}
Hydrogen Park Brisbane.

{{00:02:26}}
Again, it's really about

{{00:02:27}}
developing our projects in

{{00:02:31}}
Queensland, initially really

{{00:02:32}}
early, so looking at the

{{00:02:33}}
smaller scale projects, taking

{{00:02:35}}
those lessons learned and then

{{00:02:36}}
building it to a 10 megawatt

{{00:02:38}}
project that we're targeting

{{00:02:39}}
in Hydro Park, Brisbane.

{{00:02:41}}
And when you say zero by

{{00:02:43}}
2040, it's in all Australia,

{{00:02:44}}
or just Queensland.

{{00:02:46}}
We're targeting

{{00:02:47}}
Australia wide.

{{00:02:48}}
So what we do is we

{{00:02:49}}
analyze the distribution

{{00:02:51}}
assets that we have and

{{00:02:52}}
how we can decarbonize it.

{{00:02:54}}
So we look at hydrogen and

{{00:02:56}}
biomethane and what volumes

{{00:02:57}}
we can get to support

{{00:02:59}}
the decarbonization of

{{00:03:00}}
those assets, specifically

{{00:03:01}}
in those states.

{{00:03:02}}
So for us, Queensland

{{00:03:04}}
has a really good

{{00:03:04}}
opportunity in biomethane

{{00:03:06}}
as well as hydrogen.

{{00:03:07}}
So that, that cheap

{{00:03:08}}
electricity that was being

{{00:03:10}}
talked about today at the

{{00:03:11}}
conference around that

{{00:03:12}}
future renewable electricity

{{00:03:13}}
price is coming down.

{{00:03:15}}
That's really good for

{{00:03:15}}
hydrogen pricing, but also

{{00:03:17}}
what we see is biomethane.

{{00:03:19}}
So there's a collaboration

{{00:03:21}}
that you have with the

{{00:03:22}}
agricultural industry that

{{00:03:24}}
will be pivotal in providing

{{00:03:25}}
biomethane for our network.

{{00:03:26}}
So we see a really

{{00:03:27}}
good opportunity for

{{00:03:28}}
decarbonisation through

{{00:03:30}}
biomethane and hydrogen

{{00:03:32}}
coming together to support

{{00:03:34}}
that kind of vision that

{{00:03:35}}
we have for 2040 and 2050.

{{00:03:37}}
So it's basically starting

{{00:03:38}}
in Queensland and then

{{00:03:39}}
find a system that works to

{{00:03:41}}
decarbonise Queensland and

{{00:03:43}}
then go all over Australia.

{{00:03:45}}
That would be the

{{00:03:45}}
goal, like, eventually.

{{00:03:46}}
Yeah, so we, we're utilising,

{{00:03:48}}
so we have Hydrogen Park

{{00:03:50}}
SA, which is our, which is

{{00:03:52}}
the largest electrolyser

{{00:03:53}}
currently operating at 1.

{{00:03:54}}
25 megawatt in

{{00:03:56}}
South Australia.

{{00:03:57}}
That's a fantastic project

{{00:03:58}}
as it's kind of set

{{00:03:59}}
the foundation for our

{{00:04:00}}
business in terms of what

{{00:04:02}}
does our decarbonisation

{{00:04:03}}
strategy look like.

{{00:04:04}}
And Queensland, we've

{{00:04:06}}
got that next step where

{{00:04:07}}
we're blending 10%.

{{00:04:08}}
So, Hydrogen Park SA

{{00:04:10}}
is currently 5 percent

{{00:04:12}}
to 4,000 customers.

{{00:04:13}}
And what we have with Hydrogen

{{00:04:16}}
Park Gladstone is going

{{00:04:17}}
to be a 10 percent blend

{{00:04:19}}
to the whole of network.

{{00:04:20}}
So we're demonstrating

{{00:04:21}}
that whole of network

{{00:04:21}}
capability for hydrogen.

{{00:04:23}}
We are also looking at,

{{00:04:25}}
obviously biomethane is going

{{00:04:26}}
to play an important role.

{{00:04:28}}
And Brisbane, with its

{{00:04:29}}
agricultural industry,

{{00:04:31}}
provides a really big

{{00:04:31}}
opportunity for that.

{{00:04:32}}
So, it's a different state,

{{00:04:35}}
it's a state by state target.

{{00:04:38}}
So we have to analyze what

{{00:04:40}}
is the capability in terms

{{00:04:41}}
of electricity pricing,

{{00:04:43}}
as well as what is the

{{00:04:44}}
agricultural, opportunity

{{00:04:46}}
in terms of the biomethane.

{{00:04:47}}
So again, we see Queensland

{{00:04:50}}
as being a really quick

{{00:04:52}}
decarbonization opportunity

{{00:04:53}}
for us, for our business.

{{00:04:55}}
For this type of topic

{{00:04:56}}
of decarbonization, what

{{00:04:58}}
are the main challenges

{{00:05:00}}
that, we are facing in

{{00:05:01}}
decarbonizing Queensland

{{00:05:03}}
or in general in Australia?

{{00:05:05}}
Yeah, so I think across

{{00:05:06}}
the board, we're facing

{{00:05:08}}
significant challenges

{{00:05:09}}
in decarbonisation.

{{00:05:10}}
You have the electricity

{{00:05:12}}
sectors overcoming those

{{00:05:13}}
challenges as we see now.

{{00:05:15}}
We need to leverage learnings.

{{00:05:16}}
I think learnings is a real

{{00:05:17}}
key opportunity for us.

{{00:05:18}}
So all of these smaller

{{00:05:20}}
projects build into those

{{00:05:21}}
larger, big scale projects

{{00:05:24}}
that we're looking at now.

{{00:05:24}}
So Queensland, for instance,

{{00:05:26}}
we're looking at large

{{00:05:27}}
scale export industries.

{{00:05:29}}
Those can take learnings

{{00:05:30}}
from these smaller projects.

{{00:05:32}}
And for us and our business.

{{00:05:33}}
We're applying those lessons

{{00:05:35}}
to all our future projects.

{{00:05:36}}
So again, Hydrogen Park

{{00:05:38}}
SA was that foundation.

{{00:05:40}}
We're taking a lot of

{{00:05:40}}
those lessons to Hydrogen

{{00:05:42}}
Park Gladstone and

{{00:05:43}}
developing that project.

{{00:05:44}}
And we'll take those

{{00:05:45}}
lessons into Hydrogen Park

{{00:05:47}}
Brisbane and then also

{{00:05:48}}
our biomethane project.

{{00:05:49}}
So what is it about developing

{{00:05:52}}
an innovative decarbonisation

{{00:05:54}}
solution that hasn't been

{{00:05:55}}
done before or has been,

{{00:05:57}}
or is still nascent?

{{00:05:58}}
And that's what we're seeing

{{00:05:59}}
in the industry in terms

{{00:06:00}}
of there's still a lot of

{{00:06:02}}
knowledge to be gained.

{{00:06:04}}
And I think we will see

{{00:06:06}}
as projects develop and

{{00:06:07}}
investments push towards

{{00:06:09}}
these renewable gases, I

{{00:06:11}}
think there's a really good

{{00:06:12}}
opportunity for those bigger

{{00:06:14}}
projects to start developing.

{{00:06:16}}
So today you're going

{{00:06:17}}
to talk about unlocking

{{00:06:19}}
the renewable gas

{{00:06:20}}
opportunities in Queensland.

{{00:06:22}}
Can you elaborate just

{{00:06:23}}
the specific opportunities

{{00:06:25}}
and advancements in the

{{00:06:26}}
renewable gas sector?

{{00:06:28}}
Keeping in mind the

{{00:06:29}}
evolving, energy landscape

{{00:06:31}}
that we have in Australia

{{00:06:32}}
and in Queensland.

{{00:06:35}}
So what we're seeing now

{{00:06:36}}
in particular in Queensland

{{00:06:37}}
is the uptake in renewable

{{00:06:40}}
gases as we go towards

{{00:06:41}}
that net zero 2050 target.

{{00:06:43}}
We're going to see them

{{00:06:44}}
play a critical role.

{{00:06:45}}
So for our business and

{{00:06:46}}
the strategy that we're

{{00:06:47}}
seeing at the moment is

{{00:06:48}}
we're working towards a

{{00:06:49}}
portfolio of renewable gas

{{00:06:51}}
projects across biomethane

{{00:06:53}}
and hydrogen that will get

{{00:06:55}}
us to our net zero target.

{{00:06:57}}
And those projects

{{00:06:58}}
include agricultural

{{00:06:59}}
biomethane projects.

{{00:07:01}}
So we have some quite

{{00:07:01}}
large projects in central

{{00:07:03}}
Queensland, utilising existing

{{00:07:05}}
agricultural products and

{{00:07:07}}
residues in the region to

{{00:07:09}}
be able to develop large

{{00:07:09}}
scale biomethane, as well

{{00:07:11}}
as biomethane within close

{{00:07:13}}
proximity to Brisbane,

{{00:07:14}}
where we can provide that

{{00:07:17}}
decarbonised product to

{{00:07:19}}
the Brisbane Gas Network

{{00:07:21}}
that can decarbonise that

{{00:07:22}}
network, as well as being

{{00:07:23}}
supported by our Hydrogen

{{00:07:24}}
Park Brisbane project.

{{00:07:26}}
And those combined

{{00:07:27}}
projects, we're leveraging

{{00:07:30}}
towards decarbonizing the

{{00:07:32}}
kind of the Brisbane gas

{{00:07:33}}
infrastructure assets and

{{00:07:34}}
our gas infrastructure

{{00:07:35}}
assets in central Queensland.

{{00:07:37}}
So we know the goal

{{00:07:38}}
is by 2030, 20%, 10

{{00:07:42}}
percent and 2040.

{{00:07:44}}
Zero percent.

{{00:07:46}}
As a stretch target.

{{00:07:47}}
We have 2040 and 2050 is

{{00:07:50}}
our yeah, net zero target.

{{00:07:52}}
Yeah.

{{00:07:52}}
Okay.

{{00:07:53}}
Yeah I really hope that we

{{00:07:54}}
can reach that goal because

{{00:07:56}}
it would be good for all

{{00:07:58}}
Australia getting zero in

{{00:08:00}}
emission, better for the

{{00:08:01}}
environment and all the

{{00:08:02}}
communities that live in

{{00:08:03}}
Australia as well, I guess.

{{00:08:04}}
Without a doubt.

{{00:08:05}}
And, and the opportunity that

{{00:08:06}}
renewable gases present is

{{00:08:07}}
another decarbonized solution.

{{00:08:09}}
Just like the renewable

{{00:08:10}}
electricity sector

{{00:08:11}}
has in the past.

{{00:08:12}}
We, we've now got another

{{00:08:13}}
opportunity with renewable

{{00:08:14}}
gases, so we can leverage

{{00:08:16}}
our land, our capability

{{00:08:19}}
to produce cheap renewable

{{00:08:20}}
electricity to produce

{{00:08:21}}
hydrogen, our agricultural

{{00:08:22}}
sector to promote biomethane

{{00:08:25}}
and also waste reuse.

{{00:08:26}}
So biomethane we see as

{{00:08:28}}
a circular economy piece.

{{00:08:30}}
It provides an opportunity

{{00:08:32}}
to take that waste residue

{{00:08:35}}
and create a new product.

{{00:08:37}}
So instead of going to the

{{00:08:39}}
landfill, food and organics,

{{00:08:41}}
we can process it through

{{00:08:42}}
an anaerobic digester.

{{00:08:44}}
We can take that raw biogas,

{{00:08:46}}
upgrade it, and put it into

{{00:08:48}}
the network as biomethane.

{{00:08:49}}
So once we clean that

{{00:08:50}}
product up, it becomes safe

{{00:08:52}}
for use in the homes, and

{{00:08:54}}
businesses and industry.

{{00:08:56}}
And they can use it just

{{00:08:56}}
like they use natural gas.

{{00:08:58}}
You need everything in,

{{00:09:01}}
everything you can at the

{{00:09:02}}
moment to decarbonize.

{{00:09:03}}
So you need to be able to

{{00:09:05}}
leverage every opportunity,

{{00:09:06}}
and what we're doing with

{{00:09:07}}
biomethane and hydrogen

{{00:09:08}}
is balancing that.

{{00:09:10}}
So There are complexities

{{00:09:12}}
with hydrogen and challenges,

{{00:09:14}}
and for instance, for our

{{00:09:16}}
distributed networks, there

{{00:09:18}}
are challenges with our

{{00:09:19}}
customers and what blends of

{{00:09:20}}
hydrogen that they can take.

{{00:09:23}}
So for us, biomethane's

{{00:09:24}}
a great product because

{{00:09:26}}
it's really a drop in

{{00:09:27}}
fuel for natural gas.

{{00:09:30}}
So there is an additional

{{00:09:31}}
capital expenditure required

{{00:09:33}}
by businesses or industries

{{00:09:35}}
to reuse a renewable

{{00:09:36}}
gas like biomethane.

{{00:09:39}}
And how do you think we

{{00:09:40}}
can, share this knowledge

{{00:09:43}}
with, the community as well?

{{00:09:46}}
Like to make them understand

{{00:09:47}}
better what is, this type of

{{00:09:50}}
renewable energy we can use,

{{00:09:51}}
like to spread the knowledge.

{{00:09:52}}
What do you think is

{{00:09:53}}
the most effective way

{{00:09:54}}
we can use to do that?

{{00:09:56}}
Oh, I think knowledge sharing

{{00:09:57}}
is really important and

{{00:09:58}}
bringing along stakeholders.

{{00:09:59}}
So for us.

{{00:10:01}}
We're starting to really get

{{00:10:02}}
the biomethane journey out.

{{00:10:04}}
So, so what we see with

{{00:10:05}}
stakeholders now is hydrogen

{{00:10:07}}
is quite well known.

{{00:10:08}}
And there's been a lot of

{{00:10:09}}
work in the hydrogen industry

{{00:10:10}}
to upskill government, local

{{00:10:13}}
stakeholders and communities.

{{00:10:15}}
And that awareness has

{{00:10:16}}
risen significantly over

{{00:10:17}}
the past five years.

{{00:10:19}}
For biomethane,

{{00:10:19}}
there's a bit of a gap.

{{00:10:21}}
And what we're seeing is

{{00:10:22}}
there's a bit of time that

{{00:10:23}}
we now need to spend in

{{00:10:25}}
terms of upskilling the

{{00:10:27}}
community, local stakeholders,

{{00:10:29}}
government, policy.

{{00:10:30}}
To really build biomethane

{{00:10:32}}
as a potential opportunity.

{{00:10:34}}
So again, it's coming

{{00:10:35}}
into that renewable gas

{{00:10:36}}
conversation and feeding

{{00:10:38}}
back into our policy

{{00:10:40}}
internally as a business

{{00:10:41}}
to decarbonize by 2050.

{{00:10:44}}
Thank you  for your time.

{{00:10:46}}
I think we covered a lot

{{00:10:47}}
during this, conversation.

{{00:10:49}}
We talk about the future,

{{00:10:50}}
community engagement,

{{00:10:51}}
stakeholder engagement, and

{{00:10:53}}
why biomethane is good for

{{00:10:55}}
the future of Australia.

{{00:10:57}}
And, yeah, I look forward

{{00:10:58}}
to see where this journey

{{00:11:00}}
can bring Australia into

{{00:11:01}}
the renewable energy sector.

{{00:11:03}}
Great.

{{00:11:03}}
Thank you very much.

{{00:11:04}}
Thanks for the opportunity.

{{00:11:05}}
Thank you.

Queensland Energy

Expert Insight

Dive into the future of energy with Jarrod Irving, Senior Adviser at the Australian Gas Infrastructure Group, as he discusses the transformative journey of unlocking renewable gas opportunities in Queensland. 

From leveraging cheap renewable electricity for hydrogen production to promoting biomethane through circular economy principles, learn about the innovative strategies and projects shaping the decarbonization landscape. 


Decarbonisation

Hydrogen

Renewable gas

thumbnail_1682243914926.jpg

xsmall_1682243914926.jpg

1682243914926.jpg

Jarrod Irving

Discover insights from other experts

Senior Adviser Renewable Gas Development

Overview of Queensland's Renewable Gas Development Journey

Challenges and Solutions in decarbonizing Queensland

Advancements and future prospects in Queensland's renewable gas sector

medium_2.png

small_2.png

thumbnail_2.png

xsmall_2.png

2.png

Unlocking Renewable Gas Opportunities

Renewables

Biofuels