Exploring Tasmania for Helium, geothermal & Nat H2

Tasmania is a mineral rich state and has all the hallmarks of hosting a world class Helium,  Natural Hydrogen and geothermal resources. Its not often that there are such good syngeries between resource location and existing market opportunities.

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Helium: there is an increasing worldwide demand for He and evidence of a developing local market.

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Nat H2: Tasmania is position itself for the H2 economy and demand from both ABEL Powerfuels plant and HIF Tasmania e-Fuels for Hydrogen as a feedstock for their green methanol and bio-diesel production.

 

Tasmania is positioning itself as the “Battery of the Nation” with significant  green hydro & wind generation and the state is hungry for additional electricity (Basslink & Marinus cable) and geothermal energy has the potential to add significant electricity generation capacity of despatchable energy that would compliment hydro and wind power generation.

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Rio Tinto operates the Bell Bay Aluminum Smelter with EL5/2024 which uses a significant amount of electricity.  It is Rio's goal to have all their electricity from a renewable source, so the Aluminum can be certified as being low carbon.

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Tasmanian is connected to the mainland by the 400MW Basslink import/export line, so any surplus electricity can be exported to the mainland.  Additional capacity is being added with the planned 750MW Marinus Cable.