Queensland hydrogen facility gets planning go-ahead

Renewable energy company Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) has gained planning approval to build one of the world’s largest hydrogen equipment manufacturing facilities, right here in Queensland.

The approval allows FFI to progress plans for constructing the $114 million first stage of its Global Green Energy Manufacturing Centre at Aldoga in the Gladstone State Development Area.

The initial stage will create more than 100 construction jobs and 50 operational jobs, with job numbers expected to exceed 300 over the life of the project.

The electrolyser facility is a boost to Queensland’s growing credentials as a world leader in green hydrogen. It will be the first facility in Australia able to make the multi-gigawatt-scale electrolysers used worldwide in hydrogen production.

With initial capacity to manufacture up to two gigawatts of electrolysers annually, it will be the largest electrolyser factory in the world when it comes online in 2023.

FFI Chairman, Dr Andrew Forrest AO, said Gladstone is going to be at the centre of Queensland’s green energy revolution with the first electrolysers scheduled to enter production in 2023.

“This project will not only be a game changer for green manufacturing in regional Queensland, it will also provide a major boost for the local economy and indelibly put Queensland as an epicentre of the coming green industry revolution,” FFI Chairman, Dr Andrew Forrest AO

New industries like this provide opportunities for local manufacturers to become part of the domestic supply chain and export their products to the world. It’s about creating more jobs and opportunities for traditional and emerging industries.

If you need clean energy to power what you do, Queensland’s the place to get it. Find out more about how Queensland is renewable ready: https://www.statedevelopment.qld.gov.au/industry/queensland-is-renewable-ready