LINE Hydrogen and Bonney Energy have signed an agreement to develop H₂ refueling infrastructure and opportunities in Tasmania.

LINE Hydrogen and Bonney Energy will work together to develop opportunities to roll out H₂ refueling infrastructure utilizing the existing Bonney Energy network of service and refueling stations in Tasmania. Australian owned and operated, Bonney Energy operates throughout Tasmania, as well as metropolitan Melbourne, Western Victoria and Gippsland, Victoria, and is the exclusive distributor of Ampol fuel throughout these regions.

Through Bonney Energy’s extensive network of service stations, on-site refueling services, fuel storage solutions, the two companies are making a green H₂-powered, climate-friendly supply chain a reality.

The agreement is the first of its kind announced in Australia and demonstrates LINE Hydrogen’s leading strategies and cross-industry technology solutions which are underpinning the transition to H₂, and supported by its key partners, such as Bonney Energy.

Mr. Brendan James, Founder and Executive Chairman of LINE Hydrogen said that the development of a H₂ industry requires a whole of system approach and working together with Bonney Energy will help to close the gap between green hydrogen production and end use.

“When developing our projects, we always take a whole of industry view – looking across the value chain and consider solutions by working with those in the know, and our association with Bonney Energy is important to delivering hydrogen solutions across that value chain,” said Mr. James.

Bonney Energy CEO, David Miller, said that Bonney Energy brings the history, expertise and opportunity to work with LINE Hydrogen to develop H₂ refueling infrastructure in the state.

Mr. Miller said, “We’re pleased to be working with LINE Hydrogen to roll out opportunities in Tasmania, and potentially more broadly. Hydrogen will be a significant element that fuels the future of Australia’s supply chain and Bonney Energy is looking to play a key role in that transition. Bonney Energy has a long and proven history of understanding and meeting the needs of our customers, and look forward to continuing that through this opportunity.”

Under the MoU, the Parties will also identify and progress options for distribution of H₂ from LINE Hydrogen’s initial production plant at George Town in Tasmania, throughout the proposed network including direct delivering to any offtakers and will also investigate the most appropriate methods of storage and distribution of H₂.

“Fundamental to any transition is to work with the end-user,” said Mr. James. “It is by working with Bonney Energy on a distribution and public refueling transition that we will deliver end users with the options they need.”

“Australia’s transition to green hydrogen as a deliverable fuel is not something we can achieve on our own. It is by working with forward thinking and innovative partners that we can achieve change at the local, national and international level,” said Mr. James.