The Queensland Government is inviting businesses to apply for the second round of funding to kick start their hydrogen projects.
Springwood M.P. Mick de Brenni – who’s also the Minister for Energy, Renewables and Hydrogen said that the Palaszczuk Government was establishing Queensland as the capital for hydrogen production.
Mick De Brenni
“With our world leading solar and wind capacity, our next round of projects supported by the fund will join the previous projects to progress the development of the supply chain”, he said.
“In particular, this round will focus on larger scale domestic applications ahead of more major steps toward export size projects.
“This round of the Hydrogen Industry Development Fund will focus on renewable technologies in the transport sector and the integration of renewable hydrogen into wastewater treatment plants.
“For this next round of the Development Fund we are homing in on these areas that are gaining commercial traction.
The member for Springwood said up to $5 million in financial assistance is available for round two projects.
Project proponents may include private sector businesses or companies, government owned corporations, and local governments.
Applications will be assessed in a competitive merit-based process for funding across two priority categories, which are:
- Application of hydrogen technologies related to mobility or transport sector projects, such as cars, buses, marine transport; machinery such as forklifts or farm equipment; refuelling infrastructure or hydrogen production equipment; and
- Integration of hydrogen technologies with wastewater treatment plants (WWTP), including WWTP hydrogen production components.
To be eligible, projects must:
- be located in Queensland
- fit within one of the mobility or WWTP priority project categories
- include infrastructure, plant or equipment directly related to the production and use of renewable hydrogen
- be able to secure all necessary planning approvals and licences and demonstrate compliance with safety standards
- use demonstrated commercial technology and solutions.
Applications are open until 5pm, 2 June 2021.
