Bp to lead and operate AREH renewables and green hydrogen hub

Situated in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, AREH (the Asian Renewable Energy Hub) intends to supply renewable power to local customers in the largest mining region in the world while producing green hydrogen and green ammonia for the domestic Australian market and export to international users.

Situated on a 6,500-square kilometre site, AREH has plans to develop onshore wind and solar power generation in multiple phases to a total generating capacity of up to 26GW. At full capacity, AREH is expected to be capable of producing around 1.6 million tonnes of green hydrogen or nine million tonnes of green ammonia, annually.

The Pilbara is a globally competitive and energy intensive mining region with substantial energy demand and carbon emissions. At full capacity, AREH is expected to abate around 17 million tonnes of carbon in domestic and export markets annually, which would equate to roughly 0.5Gt of carbon savings over the lifetime of the project.