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Gladstone’s push to be at the pinnacle of the global renewable hydrogen industry continues to solidify with news the city will be one of five ‘hubs’ in the Federal Government’s $539.2 million clean hydrogen and carbon capture technologies program.
The port city’s skilled workforce, port and gas infrastructure, proximity to energy resources and large scale industrial demand factors resulted in Gladstone being listed as a ‘highly prospective’ hub location.
The announcement follows the progressive development of Hydrogen Park Gladstone and the March agreement between Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation, and multiple local and national partners, to develop the world’s first hydrogen ecosystem at Gladstone.
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Subscriber only The evolution of Gladstone as a renewable hydrogen powerhouse is exceeding benchmarks with the $4.2 million project s plant months ahead of schedule. Hydrogen Park Gladstone will be an Australian first, delivering up to 10 per cent renewable hydrogen into the gas network to feed about 770 customers. The Palaszczuk government has invested $1.7 million into the project, Energy, Renewables and Hydrogen Minister Mick de Brenni said, to drive the hydrogen industry forward and create highly skilled jobs in regional Queensland. The Hydrogen Park Gladstone project will be the first in Australia to blend renewable hydrogen into an entire city gas network for residential, commercial and industrial customers, he said.
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Subscriber only Central Queensland is set to lead the way Australians use energy in the future with the $4.2 million Hydrogen Park Gladstone project. Expanding on a South Australian pilot program, Hydrogen Park Gladstone will double the renewable hydrogen concentration to 10 per cent. The project is driven by the Federal Government s National Hydrogen Strategy. The Australian Gas Infrastructure Group s Gladstone compound situated on Derby Street will connect to a new underground hydrogen pipeline. The pipeline will deliver up to 10 per cent blended renewable hydrogen to a closed micro-grid of more than 770 customers on the existing gas network - an Australian first.