Queensland Solar Hydrogen Facility

Queensland Solar Hydrogen Facility

A planned large-scale solar farm and battery facility would supply energy to a hydrogen production facility at Gladstone for export purposes.

Main proponents: Austrom Hydrogen	Main end-use classification: Export potential	Status: Under development	Estimated cost:
Other involvement:	Production details: Hydrogen production – 200,000 tonnes per annum potential	Location: Queensland, Australia	Announced funding:

Project description

Austrom Hydrogen have announced plans to develop a solar farm and battery facility near Callide, central Queensland, with a capacity of up to 3,600 megawatts (MW). The solar farm would supply renewable energy for a planned hydrogen production facility located at the Port of Gladstone for export of hydrogen.

Press reports indicate that the proponent has secured land in Callide with enough capacity to establish the solar farm.

 

This description is based on publicly available information as at August 2020.