Taranaki Green Hydrogen Energy Project Construction Starts This Month

Taranaki green hydrogen energy project construction starts this month

Five years after almost $20 million of funding was announced for a green hydrogen facility in South Taranaki construction is set to begin this month.

H2-View News: Hiringa reaches financial close on 5MW green hydrogen plant in New Zealand

The firm finalised a non-recourse financing package for its Kapuni Project at Ballance Agri-Nutrients’ site in South Taranaki as it eyes bringing the plant online in 2027. Marking one of the first commercial plants in the country, it will combine 25.6MW of wind turbines and 5MW of electrolysis which will produce up to two tonnes

Taranaki green hydrogen energy project starts

Construction is starting on a sustainable green hydrogen facility in South Taranaki, supported by a $19.9 million government investment, Regional Development Minister Shane Jones says. “We’ve waited more than five years for this project to begin, after it was delayed by years of red tape and appeals under the previous Resource Management Act consent process,” Mr Jones says. The project includes supplying renewable electricity to the Ballance Agr…