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Amp Energy has applied for approvals to install up to three meteorological monitoring masts near Cape Hardy and Ungarra in support of its proposed Cape Hardy Green Hydrogen Project, on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia.

Pending approval, construction of the met masts is expected to start in the second half of 2025.

Amp Energy is assessing the feasibility of providing up to 1700 MW of wind and 1300 MW of solar to power a stage 1, 1000 MW green hydrogen production facility at Cape Hardy.

Two renewable energy project areas have been identified, Moody Ungarra and the Cape Hardy Precinct, both within the District Council of Tumby Bay.

Wind data collected will assist Amp to determine the size, design and total number of wind turbines required, and other ecological, geotechnical and road assessment feasibility studies are being conducted to inform the site selection process.

Subject to necessary land access, licences and approvals, stage 1 is expected to be operational by 2030.

Amp secured a portion of land at the Cape Hardy Precinct for its green hydrogen project through an agreement with Iron Road, which is developing the 1207-hectare Cape Hardy Industrial Port Precinct as part of its Central Eyre Iron Project.

Amp Energy has other projects in South Australia under development, acquiring Yoorndoo Ilga, Robertstown Solar Farm (636 MW) and Bungama Solar Farm (336 MW) in the Northern and Mid-North REZ zones, from EPS in May 2021.

In the central Eyre Peninsula, Vestas is installing new met masts to collect data for its proposed Cleve Wind Farm.

The project will consist of around 70 wind turbines with a total maximum capacity of approximately 500 MW. Stage 2, Campoona Energy Hub, is a proposed +2500 MW hybrid, off grid, green hydrogen production project.

Vestas has submitted a Renewable Energy Infrastructure Licence application for the Cleve Wind Farm to South Australia’s Department for Energy and Mining (DEM) under the Hydrogen and Renewable Energy Act.

In September last year Vestas and Iron Road agreed to co-operate on green power supply offtake opportunities for the Central Eyre Iron Project (CEIP) via “an informal 18-month relationship to understand respective and complementary development opportunities across the Eyre Peninsula region”.