Solar-hydrogen microgrid for clean electricity, fresh water and oxygen supply to hospital facilities and surrounding community in Kikori District, Papua New Guinea

Country: Papua New Guinea

Technology: Solar hydrogen microgrid

Stage: Early

Stage: Round 10

This project brings together BPP-TECH and FutureValue to develop a high-level design of a mini-grid solar-hydrogen system with clean water and oxygen production for a hospital facility in the Kikori District of PNG, servicing a remote population of 15,000 people. BPP-TECH will provide the technical expertise for the mini-grid solution, with FutureValue and hospital administrators of Kikori District providing key input data, considering limitations of existing infrastructure and enabling benefits of the system to be evaluated within the local context.

The Green H2 system will be modular, with a Plug & Play set-up, minimising complexity of operations and avoiding the need for external expertise to manage the system in the long-term. The produced hydrogen will be used as a clean energy storage solution to ensure a continuous power supply to the hospital facilities when electricity production from solar energy is not possible.