Queensland Hydrogen Super Highway

The decarbonisation of transport is one of the clearest routes Queensland can take towards our 2050 net-zero emissions target.

Hydrogen can play a critical role in enabling the decarbonisation of Queensland’s freight and heavy vehicles network, offering benefits in terms of range, large payloads, and fast refuelling times.

That is why the Queensland Government is driving expansion of hydrogen in the transport sector with the establishment of hydrogen refuelling stations. These will help support a future Queensland Hydrogen Super Highway along the state’s heavy haulage transport routes.

In March 2022, the Queensland, New South Wales and Victorian state governments announced a tri-state collaboration on the renewable hydrogen refuelling network for heavy transport and logistics along Australia's eastern seaboard.

The governments have signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) for the refuelling corridors of the nation's most critical roads and highways, starting with the Hume Highway, the Pacific Highway and the Newell Highway.

Hydrogen refuelling stations in Queensland

• Brisbane – BOC Australia delivered the first hydrogen refuelling station in South East Queensland at the BP Lytton Service Station in late 2023. The refuelling station is supplied by up to 29 tonnes of hydrogen per year and is available for public use via agreements. It currently serves QFleet's 5 Hyundai Nexo fuel cell electric vehicles.
• Townsville – Phase 1 of Ark Energy’s hydrogen hub, SunHQ, will produce green hydrogen, supplying a fleet of five 140 tonne-rated hydrogen fuel cell trucks. Ark Energy also plans to supply green hydrogen to third-party customers including short haul fleets.
• Gladstone – The Fortescue PEM50 project is a renewable hydrogen production facility that will have a 50MW capacity and on-site refueller. It's first production is targeted for 2025.
• Kogan Creek – CS Energy is planning to construct a renewables-based demonstration hydrogen production facility located at the Kogan Creek power station in Queensland’s Western Downs region. The demonstration plant includes the co-location of a solar farm, battery, hydrogen electrolyser and a hydrogen fuel cell next to the Kogan Creek power station.