Queensland
Queensland Hydrogen Industry Strategy
The Queensland Hydrogen Industry Strategy 2019-2024 (QHIS) was released in May 2019. The five-year strategy ended in 2024.
As part of the Strategy, a Hydrogen Industry Development Fund was established in 2019 to support eligible private sector hydrogen projects. Applications for the Hydrogen Industry Development Fund are closed. Funding support for hydrogen-related projects was also made available through other programs. Supported projects in Queensland can be identified through the HyResource projects spreadsheet.
On 8 April 2025, the Queensland Government announced the development of a five-year Energy Roadmap is underway which is to be delivered by the end of 2025.
Commonwealth Regional Hydrogen Hubs Program
The October 2022-2023 federal budget released on 25 October 2022 confirmed funding awards to several Queensland based projects via the Commonwealth Government’s Regional Hydrogen Hubs Program.
Hub Implementation Grants
- In October 2023, Stanwell Corporation’s Central Queensland Hydrogen Hub (CQ-H2 Hub) was announced as recipient of up to AUD$69.2 million to develop the Central Queensland Hydrogen Hub in Gladstone.
Hub Development and Design Grants
- Ark Energy Han-Ho H2 Hub – Early Development – up to AUD$2.42 million
- Origin Energy & ENEOS Gladstone MCH Project – up to AUD$1.25 million
- Vena Energy Euroa Energy Project – up to AUD$3 million
In addition to the above awards through the Regional Hydrogen Hubs Program, in January 2024, the Australian Government announced an investment of up to AUD$70 million to Edify Energy and its partners to develop the Townsville Region Hydrogen Hub in north Queensland.
In February 2025, the Queensland Government announced that it would not provide further funding to support the CQ-H2 Central Queensland Hydrogen Project.
Legislation
Changes to the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 and Gas Supply Act 2003 were made at the end of 2023 that extended existing pipeline provisions to apply to the transmission of hydrogen and other hydrogen carriers. These changes applied the existing safety frameworks for pipelines in Queensland to hydrogen and other renewable gases, including the requirement to develop safety management systems and comply with safety requirements. Further regulatory reforms are being evaluated and in February 2024, a consultation paper ‘An effective regulatory framework for Queensland’s hydrogen industry’ was released, with the consultation period for this paper closed on 1 March 2024.
Further information on hydrogen industry development in Queensland is available here.
Reviewed: April 2025