02-07-2025
Australia's green hydrogen ambitions in doubt as CQ-H2 plant stalls
Energy
Project unable to move forward after conservative state government ends support
The CQ-H2 project aimed to produce 300,000 metric tons of hydrogen annually using renewable energy from 2031. (Stanwell)
RURIKA IMAHASHI
SYDNEY -- Australia's largest project to produce green hydrogen with renewable energy is unable to move forward, hampered by a new conservative state government that is unwilling to shoulder the high costs.
Multiple people familiar with the CQ-H2 project in Queensland that had been led by state-owned power company Stanwell confirmed it has stalled. Stanwell issued a statement saying it had "discontinued its involvement in the [CQ-H2] project and other hydrogen development activities."
