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HAZER CDP CONSTRUCTION AND
COMMISSIONING COMPLETE


PERTH, AUSTRALIA; 28 June 2022: Hazer Group (ASX: HZR) is delighted to announce the completion of
construction and commissioning activities at the Hazer Commercial Demonstration Project (CDP) located at
Woodman Point, Western Australia.
The Hazer Commercial Demonstration Project is the first fully integrated demonstration of the Hazer Process.
The facility will process biogas produced from the treatment of wastewater at the Woodman Point Water
Recovery Facility to produce hydrogen and graphite. The CDP is a key step in demonstrating the scale-up
and commercial potential of the Hazer technology, a word leading example of methane pyrolysis, a low
emission and cost-effective method to produce clean hydrogen.
Over the last week, construction verification activities have been completed to allow the finalisation of
commissioning activities by our construction partner, Primero Group. With the successful completion of these
activities, the first biogas feed is currently being introduced to the CDP marking the start of the first planned
phase of operational testing of the CDP. With the completion of construction and commissioning, the plant
will be handed over to the Hazer operations team to continue the first phase of the planned testing program.
The first phase of the testing program will be carried out at low temperatures using a temporary carbon steel
reactor (the “cold” reactor). This will allow trialling of the gas conditioning, solids handling, process control,
safety and utilities systems. This phase will also deliver initial process data to de-risk the start-up of the second
phase, the hot commissioning and full operation of the CDP.
Construction of the hot-wall Hazer reactor is progressing at the manufacturing mill in China. While there has
been some delay incurred due to covid-related restrictions in the Shanghai area, we are still targeting the
delivery of the reactor to Australia for final fabrication and fit-out activities to be achieved in Q3. We expect
the hot-reactor to be installed at the CDP in Q4 2022 to allow us to maintain our current target of producing
hydrogen and graphite before the end of 2022.
The planned rigorous testing schedule will demonstrate the continuous operation of the process with the full
integration of all required sub-systems for scale-up to commercial operations. The program will derive the
engineering data (including confirmation of fluidisation characteristics at larger scale, heat-transfer parameters
and carbon emission parameters) necessary to support the scale-up of the process. The full operation of the
project will demonstrate the safe continuous production of low-emission hydrogen and graphite.
Geoff Ward, Chief Executive Officer of Hazer Group said, “We are delighted to have reached this important
milestone. I would like to recognise the hard work of Mark Edwards, Hazer’s Chief Operating Officer, and all
the project team to realise this significant achievement. I would like to thank the team from Primero, our
engineering and construction partner, for their hard work to deliver the construction program safely and
effectively. I would, in particular, like to recognise the teamwork of all involved in completing the construction
without any safety or environmental incidents – an outstanding achievement in challenging conditions in a
complex environment for a first-of-kind project. I look forward to completing the testing program and continuing
to demonstrate the capacity of the Hazer technology to play a significant role at large scale in achieving our
critical global decarbonisation goals.”