Darwin Hub

Overview

In the Darwin area, the Northern Territory Government is undertaking master-planning of, amongst other things, infrastructure and services to transform the Middle Arm Peninsula of Darwin Harbour into a ‘development ready’ industrial precinct.  The planned Middle Arm Sustainable Development Precinct (‘Precinct’) is proposed across approximately 1,500 hectares of industrial land.

The precinct aims to capitalise on the Territory’s access to extensive (offshore) natural gas resources and abundant solar resources with a focus on low emission hydrocarbons, renewables-based hydrogen, advanced manufacturing, carbon capture and storage, and minerals processing.

Development planning and design for the Precinct may include land clearing, land development (e.g., road, water and power networks, pipeline corridors, etc.), and marine infrastructure (e.g., common user jetties, shipping channel, etc.).

Development of marine infrastructure in particular would support the opening of export opportunities in Northern Australia for commodities such as clean hydrogen and its derivatives.

In 2021, Infrastructure Australia placed the Precinct on the National Infrastructure Priority List.

Infrastructure and services development at the Precinct would support hydrogen-related projects in the Darwin area as well as providing the export platform for inland located projects within the Northern Territory.

Funding

The Commonwealth and Northern Territory Government’s continue to provide significant funding and resources to develop the Middle Arm Sustainable Development Precinct.

The Middle Arm Sustainable Development Precinct website provides regular project updates and announcements.

Projects

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

 

Reviewed: July 2025