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Goal

Build Australia's clean hydrogen industry

The hydrogen industry mission aims to support global decarbonisation through a commercially viable Australian hydrogen industry comprising both domestic and export value chains by 2035.

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Latest news

Expert commentary: National Hydrogen Strategy

CSIRO experts explain the new National Hydrogen Strategy, the opportunities for Australia and how it can help address climate change.

Hydrogen Technology Demonstration Facility helps new technology to get to market

Hadean Energy are using our Hydrogen Technology Demonstration Facility to test their kilowatt-class electrolyser bundle, in order to progress the technology toward commercial readiness.

International hydrogen collaboration

The Hydrogen Industry Mission's International Collaboration Program strengthens research ties between Australia and other active countries.

State-of-the-art renewable hydrogen refuelling station launched

The $2.5 million facility will be used to test emerging hydrogen technology and train the next generation on the use of hydrogen stations.

Victorian Hydrogen Hub

How the Hydrogen Refuelling Station works

CSIRO built a hydrogen refuelling station at our Clayton, Victoria campus, with co-funding from the Victorian Hydrogen Hub led by Swinburne University of Technology.

Learn about the hydrogen refuelling station

Opportunity

The National Hydrogen Strategy was adopted by all federal, state and territory governments in 2024. It sets the vision for a clean, innovative, safe and competitive hydrogen industry that helps our nation transition to a sustainable and affordable low emissions future..

According to the strategy, Australia’s renewable hydrogen exports could create tens of thousands of direct and indirect jobs by 2040. With several international trade partners setting ambitious hydrogen import targets, Australia has the opportunity be a global hydrogen leader. Australian renewable hydrogen can help to meet the country’s and the world’s decarbonisation targets.

Impact

The Hydrogen Industry Mission is supporting Australia's hydrogen industry and research. Achievements to date include:

Areas of focus

Hydrogen research, development and demonstration projects

We have four mission pillars:

  • Hydrogen Knowledge Centre. A national resource for industry, government and the research community which highlights Australia's hydrogen projects and provides modelling tools and educational resources.
  • Strategy and International Partnerships. Delivering trusted independent strategic and technical analysis to de-risk projects, and promoting international research collaboration.
  • Demonstration projects. Collaborative partnerships that validate hydrogen value chains and de-risk enabling technologies to inform investment and deployment decisions.
  • Enabling science and technology. Delivering science and technology solutions and socio-economic analysis to remove barriers to hydrogen industry scale-up.

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