bp Australia is undertaking a feasibility study into the production of green hydrogen at its Kwinana site in Western Australia, in partnership with Macquarie Capital and with funding from the Western Australian Government.

The project marks a significant step in bp’s broader plans to repurpose its Kwinana site as an integrated energy hub that produces and distributes fuel for the future. bp is already underway with plans to develop a renewable fuels plant at the site, producing sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel. 

The Kwinana Industrial Area is the largest industrial cluster in Western Australia and sees more than 150 products, by-products and utilities exchanged between facilities in the region. The hydrogen feasibility study will help progress the decarbonization of industrial processes by integrating green energy alternatives for these existing industrial uses. 

"Guided by the Federal Government’s Low Emission Technology Investment Roadmap, we are advancing bp Kwinana’s contribution to the creation of domestic green value chains and the decarbonization of Australia’s hard-to-abate sectors, particularly heavy industry, mining and transport," said Frédéric Baudry, president, bp Australia and SVP fuels & low carbon solutions.