Hazer to ‘speed up’ commercial-scale hydrogen plant

Perth’s Hazer Group has secured a $6.2 million Western Australian government grant, enabling it to speed up the development of a commercial scale plant to produce hydrogen from biogas utilising its proprietary Hazer process.

The company was awarded the grant from the state’s Lower Carbon Grants Program – Gorgon Fund which supports transformational technology platforms that reduce emissions, aiming to accelerate technology commercialisation.

The first iteration of Hazer’s reactor technology was installed in Hazer’s Commercial Demonstration Plant (CDP) in 2023.

The funding will be used to advance the performance programme of the commercial scale reactor at the CDP which is capable of single train capacity of up to 40,000tpa.

Hazer’s CEO and MD Glenn Corrie said: “Government support plays a vital role in advancing the development of technology solutions in the fight against climate change.

“We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Western Australian government and the Gorgon Joint Venture for providing the funding to progress the important next phase of technology scale-up to commercialise Hazer’s novel Western Australian technology.”

The grants programme is administered by the state and is funded by the Gorgon Joint Venture which comprises Australian subsidiaries of Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell, Osaka Gas, MidOcean Energy, and JERA.

Corrie said: “Hazer is proud of our Western Australian heritage and excited to be recognised for delivering an innovative climate change solution that will significantly reduce emissions and deliver a decarbonisation pathway to heavy industry.

“This non-dilutive funding substantially supports Hazer’s 2025-2026 work programme focused on advancing our commercialisation strategy and enables us to expedite the delivery our unique technology to our growing customer base in Australia and world-wide.”

Hazer will be eligible to draw-down up to $6.2 million of funding in multiple tranches subject to meeting milestones relating to the development and operations of the company’s commercial reactor scale-up programme at the CDP.

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Picture: Hazer Group/Commercial Demonstration Plant