Funding to establish hydrogen hubs in regional Australia

Hydrogen Hubs: Implementation Grants will support the development of clean hydrogen hubs across regional Australia.

The Activating a Regional Hydrogen Industry - Clean Hydrogen Industrial Hubs program

The Hub Implementation Round 1 grant is one component of the Activating a Regional Hydrogen Industry - Clean Hydrogen Industrial program. It's an important part of growing Australia's hydrogen industry under the National Hydrogen Strategy.

The intended outcomes of the program are to make progress towards:

• making clean hydrogen available for domestic and export use
• establishing domestic clean hydrogen supply chains
• establishing clean hydrogen export pathways
• supporting existing industry to use clean hydrogen
• creating new industry being built around clean hydrogen availability in a local area
• creating new regional jobs and increased capability of local workforce
• reducing the cost of clean hydrogen production.

Hydrogen Hubs: Hub Implementation Round 1 grants are focused on supporting Australian Industry to establish hub projects in regional Australia.

Eligible entities

To be eligible you must have an Australian business number (ABN).

You must also be an entity incorporated in Australia, or an Australian State/Territory Government agency or body.

Joint applications

Your application must be a joint application with at least one project partner. However, we prefer applications with multiple project partners.

Joint applications must have a lead organisation. They'll be the main driver of the project and have to be eligible to apply.

If your application is successful, the lead applicant must manage the project on behalf of the consortium.

Project requirements

You must be able to certify that your board supports the project. If there's no board, then the chief executive officer or equivalent must support it.

You must also certify you can complete the project and meet the costs not covered by grant funding.

Knowledge sharing

You must agree to publicly share knowledge and information about and resulting from your project.

Australian Industry Participation Plan

You must comply with Australian Industry Participation requirements in accordance with the AIP Plan User Guide.

Before you apply

You should read the grant opportunity guidelines and sample grant agreement before you apply.

How to apply

You must submit your application through the online portal. You’ll need to set up an account when you first log into the portal. The portal allows you to apply for and manage a grant or service in a secure online environment.

All mandatory attachments must be provided.

When you submit attachments

The size limitations for attachments in the application are 2mb per attachment and a total of 20mb per application. If you are uploading attachments that do not meet the file size limitations you will need to follow the steps below:

1. Upload as many documents below the 2 MB and 20MB threshold online
2. For the remaining attachments, upload blank documents online
3. Send an email immediately afterwards to HydrogenPrograms@industry.gov.au confirming that you have submitted online without all required documents due to file size limit, and attach the remaining documents to the email
4. Include your application ID and organisation name in the subject line of your email.

All attachments must be received by the closing date and time, or they will not be considered as part of your application.

We are hosting two information sessions that will provide an overview of the Activating a Regional Hydrogen Industry - Clean Hydrogen Industrial Hubs Program grant opportunities including eligibility requirements and key points. There will also be an opportunity for questions.

Available sessions:

Activating a Regional Hydrogen Industry: Clean Hydrogen Industrial Hubs - Industry Briefing

10am (AEDT) Friday 15 October:Register for the 15th of October 10am session

3pm (AEDT) Friday 15 October:Register for the 15th of October 3pm session