Central Queensland Hub

Overview

The Central Queensland region as a whole covers the major cities of Mackay, Gladstone and Rockhampton, as well as the Central Highlands and western central towns of Emerald and Longreach; much of the industrial activity of relevance to hydrogen industry development in the region is centred around Gladstone and its associated Port.

The Gladstone State Development Area, located north-west of Gladstone, is a defined area of land dedicated for industrial development and materials transportation infrastructure and comprises 26,934 hectares of land adjacent to the Port of Gladstone.  The Gladstone State Development Area is currently home to an alumina refinery, a chemical manufacturing complex, several LNG export businesses, a waste oil refining plant, and a waste management and recycling facility.

The Port of Gladstone is a natural deepwater harbour and Queensland’s largest multi-commodity port, with eight main wharf centres comprising 20 wharves in total.

Funding

In October 2023, in a joint release, the Australian and Queensland Governments announced they had reached agreement for the Australian Government to invest AUD$69.2 million to develop the Central Queensland Hydrogen Hub in Gladstone.

In February 2025, the Queensland Government announced that it would not provide further funding to support the CQ-H2 Central Queensland Hydrogen Project, located within the CQ Hub.

Projects

The geographic location of Queensland projects listed in HyResource can be viewed on the HyResource projects map.

 

Reviewed: June 2025