The project will assess opportunities for hydrogen and green ammonia production, fuel storage and fuel export, which aims to cement Newcastle\u2019s role as a leading hub for sustainable trade. <\/p>\n
\u201cDeveloping a final business case that reflects stronger Australia-Europe energy links is essential to realising our clean-energy vision,\u201d said Craig Carmody, CEO of Port of Newcastle.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is about applying commercial discipline to achieve our Net Zero 2040 commitment.\u201d<\/p>\n
Commercial viability<\/strong><\/p>\n Backed by AUS$100 million in Federal Government funding, the Clean Energy Precinct (CEP) spans 220 hectares and aims to cut over 1.6 million tonnes of carbon emissions annually through green ammonia exports to international markets.<\/p>\n HPC will focus on translating the CEP\u2019s vision into a commercially viable plan by identifying partnerships, investment models and infrastructure priorities aligned with global hydrogen demand.<\/p>\n Its remit includes analysing fuel production pathways and the logistics of handling green ammonia within existing and future port infrastructure.<\/p>\n HPC will also integrate technical, economic and environmental planning to ensure the CEP supports both domestic decarbonisation and international energy supply chains.<\/p>\n \u201cPort of Newcastle is writing the next chapter of its history and we\u2019re excited to contribute,\u201d said Christina Prieser, associate partner at HPC.<\/p>\n \u201cOur role is to help structure the business case in a way that balances ambition with commercial logic \u2013 looking at how green ammonia could fit into future transport flows, where market demand might emerge and what it takes to move from potential to practical next steps.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" HPC Hamburg Port Consulting\u00a0(HPC) has been appointed to develop the final business case for Port of Newcastle\u2019s Clean Energy Precinct in Australia, a major step in the port\u2019s alternative fuels strategy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":5835,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,70],"tags":[40,1945,2354,489,792,539,454],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-5834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alternative-fuels-greenport","category-australasia-greenport","tag-alternative-fuels","tag-fuel-export","tag-fuel-storage","tag-green-ammonia","tag-hamburg-port-consulting","tag-port-infrastructure","tag-port-of-newcastle"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5834"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5836,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5834\/revisions\/5836"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5834"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=5834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}