Construction has begun on a $500 million solar farm near Gladstone, Queensland that will provide power to the proposed Central Queensland Hydrogen project (CQ-H2). The Stanwell Corporation-led project, which is backed by $69.2 million in funding through the regional hydrogen hubs programme, could produce up to 292,000 tonnes of hydrogen a year by 2031. Located…
The federal government has announced that it has reached an agreement to invest $69.2 million in the Stanwell Corporation-led Central Queensland Hydrogen Hub in Gladstone, with construction expected to begin next year. According to a joint statement from the federal and state governments on Thursday, the hub will create “over 8,900 jobs including roles in…
Queensland Parliament has passed legislation that will enable renewable hydrogen and gases to be piped safely across Queensland and exported to global trade partners, joining South Australia in passing specialist legislation supporting the hydrogen economy. Last month South Australia’s Hydrogen and Renewable Energy Bill 2023 for an Act was passed which facilitates and regulates the…
By Peter Roberts The Queensland government has celebrated further progress on two of what the state says are two of more than 50 green hydrogen projects currently underway across the state. The progress in Queensland, and other states, confirms that exports of green hydrogen and ammonia promise a new commodities boon, though this time of…
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has backed HydGene Renewables which has developed an alternative green hydrogen solution that turns biomass into hydrogen in a process that is both renewable and carbon negative. The HydGene technique uses novel biocatalysts to convert the sugars derived from organic waste, including agricultural waste, into valuable products like hydrogen.…
Two key contracts have been awarded for the Queensland government’s $12 billion Pioneer-Burdekin pumped hydro energy storage project. Central Queensland business Twin Hills Engineering and Drilling has been named as the successful tenderer for the six-month geotechnical shallow drilling programme for the project. Queensland-based joint venture Water2Wire is the successful proponent for the project’s Front-End…
he Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced $20 million in funding to Stanwell Corporation to support a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study for a large-scale renewable hydrogen project in Gladstone, Queensland. The $117 million project will finalise the development stage of the Central Queensland Hydrogen (CQ-H2) Project, which will initially involve the installation…
Pure Hydrogen plans to produce ‘turquoise’ hydrogen from methane feedstock in a Brisbane pilot plant utilising technology from French company Plenesys. Pure Hydrogen has built up ‘considerable’ expertise in methane pyrolysis hydrogen production and will combine it with Plenesys’s A/C Plasma Torch to convert methane into hydrogen and solid carbon products including graphene. The two…
By Steven Percy, Swinburne University of Technology You might remember hearing a lot about green hydrogen last year, as global pressure mounted on Australia to take stronger action on climate change ahead of the COP26 Glasgow summit last November. The government predicts green hydrogen exports and domestic use could be worth up to A$50 billion…
A report released earlier this month found Australia could create 395,000 new jobs and generate A$89 billion in new trade by 2040 by investing in clean energy exports. Some of the biggest opportunities were in green hydrogen produced using renewable energy.
