Renewable Energy Manufacturing - Hydrogen Challenge Statements
The Challenge Statements below are designed to inspire and attract Australia's world-class Hydrogen, Manufacturing, and Digital research and development (R&D) expertise to help address the most pressing challenges faced by India's leading hydrogen technology developers.
Hydrogen derivative export infrastructure
- Offshore bunkering platforms for green ammonia – to design, prototype, and validate single point mooring (SPM) systems for the safe, efficient offshore transfer of green ammonia at cryogenic temperatures
- Spill mitigation and neutralisation systems for marine ammonia release
- Cryogenic pipeline innovation – enabling long-distance offshore ammonia transfer
- Vessel-platform connection systems – safe and efficient multi-vessel coupling
- Advanced onshore cryogenic storage terminals – integrated ammonia buffer solutions
- Discharge and control valves for cryogenic ammonia – robust, leak-proof designs
- Solid-state hydrogen storage - scaling cost-effective solutions for the Indian climate
Electrolyser stack, component and system design
- Stack degradation mitigation and refurbishment – to develop predictive diagnostics and materials science strategies that minimise performance loss and enable refurbishment of AEM and Solid Oxide stacks after 3–5 years of operation
- Reduce component costs membranes, catalysts, and flow plates
- Electrolyser manufacturing process optimisation – accelerating scale and throughput
- Modular and containerised Balance of Plant (BoP) systems – reducing deployment timelines and capex
- Low-energy BoP designs – boosting overall system efficiency by 15–20%
Digital platforms
- Autonomous survey vessels – offshore logistics, seabed scanning and monitoring
- AI-driven asset management platforms – to deploy advanced analytics and digital twins for real-time system health assessment, reducing unplanned outages and improving uptime in remote deployments.