The federal government has announced that it will spend $70 million towards development of Tasmania’s Bell Bay hydrogen hub, which will create a claimed 45,000 tonnes of renewable hydrogen a year and about 740 jobs, and be completed “by early 2028”. According to a joint statement on Thursday morning from federal energy minister Chris Bowen…
By Changlong Wang, Monash University and Stuart Walsh, Monash University Hydrogen was once sold as a universal climate fix — a clean, green wonder fuel for cars, homes, power grids and even global export. But reality has cooled that buzz. This week, the South Australian government shelved plans for a A$593 million hydrogen power plant,…
The Western Australian government has released a refreshed Renewable Hydrogen Strategy for Western Australia, with a major focus on producing green products and value-adding to the state’s resources. The first update in five years, the Australian Renewable Hydrogen Strategy has a strong focus on using renewable hydrogen to produce green ammonia and green iron. And…
On Friday Germany and Australia pledged $660 million to help create a green hydrogen export supply chain to Europe. At the same time UNSW Sydney researchers have released a first report exploring the feasibility of collaboration on exporting hydrogen and green metals – here is the executive summary of their study. The global steel industry…
ReNu Energy subsidiary Countrywide Hydrogen will become “Tasmania’s first major green hydrogen producer”, the state government announced on Monday, after an $8 million funding agreement. In a joint statement with energy minister Nick Duigan, Premier Jeremy Rockliff said that Countrywide “will produce hydrogen at multiple locations around the state,” and supply it to various users. …
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 and Western Australian governments have finalised a $140 million agreement to support construction of a hydrogen hub in the Pilbara in Western Australia. The Pilbara Hydrogen Hub is planned as a major centre for hydrogen production and export, with the potential to become an international gateway to Australian-made green steel and iron. The…
Not content with Whyalla’s emergence as a green steel production hub, a second South Australian city – Port Pirie – has joined the race to become a green metals hub based on the state’s huge reserves of magnetite ore. While haematite from the Pilbara has been the source of most of Australia’s iron ore exports,…
The federal government has announced “up to $70 million” in funding to support development of the Townsville Region Hydrogen Hub in Queensland, with construction expected to be complete in 2026. In a statement on Tuesday, energy minister Chris Bowen said that “with its port, expertise in exports and access to Queensland’s abundant solar resources” the…
Green hydrogen projects from Lion Energy and Gold Hydrogen are powering ahead sited in the Port of Brisbane and in rural South Australia. Lion Energy has progressed its green hydrogen production and refuelling project in Brisbane and is now considering new joint venture partners for the project. Meanwhile Gold Hydrogen has struck naturally occurring hydrogen…
