Responding to the emissions reduction challenge
Traditional liquid fuels and lubricants will continue to play a critical role as the energy system transitions to a lower-carbon future. We have a range of initiatives in support of the new energies sector, including the supply of lower-carbon fuels in the future.
These initiatives and our commitments to reduce our own carbon footprint, form an important part of Australia’s pathway to a lower-carbon energy system. We have a net zero target across our non-refining operations by 2030, a ten percent reduction in emissions intensity at our Geelong refinery, and an end goal of net zero across our entire operations by 2050.
The Viva Energy Hub in Geelong has a number of projects in development which will support our energy security as well the energy transition, such as renewable hydrogen for transport.
Images of the New Energies Service Station are preliminary, conceptual and not to scale.
Project overview
Viva Energy is constructing Australia’s first commercially scaled and publicly accessible hydrogen refuelling station at the Viva Energy Hub in Geelong, Victoria. It will offer renewable hydrogen refuelling and EV recharging for heavy transport vehicles powered by renewable energy.
The Viva Energy Hub will have the capability to dispense renewable hydrogen in commercial quantities and refuel a fleet of heavy hydrogen-powered trucks and buses. The project places Victoria at the forefront of Australia’s ambitions for hydrogen as a zero emission solution for the commercial road transport sector.
The hydrogen project at the Viva Energy Hub in Geelong is expected to commence operations in early 2025.
Located on the corner of the Princes Highway and Refinery Road, the hydrogen project at the Viva Energy Hub is now under construction.
Viva Energy’s flagship hydrogen mobility project will deliver learnings on:
- the performance of various hydrogen-powered vehicles across different heavy transport industries
- how hydrogen-powered trucks and buses perform in Australian conditions
- the regulatory and approval pathways for public hydrogen refuelling service stations
- the safe practice of hydrogen refuelling for Australia's transport industry
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Fast Facts
| Final Investment Decision (FID) |
Quarter 2 2022 |
| Online |
Early 2025 |
| Electrolyser |
2.5MW |
| Production |
Up to 1000kg per day |
| Electricity |
Renewable electricity |
| Water |
Recycled water from Barwon Water’s Northern Water Plant |
| Development Approval |
Received January 2024
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