Han-Ho H2 Hub – Early Development
Han-Ho H2 Hub – Early Development
The project proponent has completed a feasibility study investigating the potential for a large-scale green ammonia supply chain between Australia and South East Asia with multi-gigawatt hydrogen production potential co-located with renewable energy generation in North Queensland.
| Main proponents:
Ark Energy Corporation Pty Ltd |
Main end-use classification:
Industrial process – ammonia production, export focussed |
Status:
Under development – early development phase |
Estimated cost:
AUD$17.5 million – early development costs |
| Other involvement:
Korea Zinc |
Production details:
Multi-gigawatt hydrogen production potential under investigation |
Location:
Queensland, Australia |
Announced funding:
AUD$2.42 million – Federal Government Regional Hydrogen Hubs Program – Hub Development and Design funding stream |
Project description
Ark Energy Corporation Pty Ltd (Ark Energy) is an Australian subsidiary of Korea Zinc Company Ltd (Korea Zinc), the world’s largest zinc, lead and silver producer. Ark Energy was established to decarbonise the energy supply of the Korea Zinc group globally.
Ark Energy’s Han-Ho H2 Hub is its ‘flagship’ renewables-based energy export initiative. Multi-gigawatt hydrogen production potential is under early development, co-located with renewable energy generation in North Queensland, to be used as feedstock to produce green ammonia on the east-coast of Australia, for both domestic and export purposes.
The Han-Ho H2 Hub project involves the production of up to 2.4 million tonnes per annum of green ammonia by 2030 at the earliest.
The proposed project will be developed in parallel to the Collinsville Green Energy Hub (CGEH), also an Ark Energy project development. CGEH is a large-scale wind and solar energy project proposed for an area near Collinsville around 60 kilometres south of the proposed Han-Ho production area, and 25 kilometres north of Bowen in North Queensland. The CGEH is expected to have a combined 3,000 MW of renewable energy generation capacity that would serve as a feedstock for the Han-Ho H2 Hub.
Reviewed (reviewed by the project proponent): March 2025