Australia’s Biggest Planned Hydrogen Project Scrapped

The project is one of a number of Australian green hydrogen projects which has fallen over before completion.
Australia’s Biggest Planned Hydrogen Project Scrapped
A hydrogen station at BlueScope Steelworks in Port Kembla, Wollongong, Australia, on Feb. 9, 2024. AAP Image/Dean Lewins
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State-owned energy company Stanwell has announced it will withdraw from a planned hydrogen project bound for the regional Queensland city of Gladstone, as well as all other hydrogen developments.

The $14.75 billion (US $9.6 billion) CQ-H2 project was intended to be a main player in the federal Labor government’s net zero arsenal, with a predicted output of 200 tonnes of renewable liquified hydrogen by 2029, before producing up to 800 tonnes daily by the early 2030s.

Crystal-Rose Jones
Crystal-Rose Jones
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Crystal-Rose Jones is a reporter based in Australia. She previously worked at News Corp for 16 years as a senior journalist and editor.