Peak bodies representing renewable hydrogen are at odds over the minimum production capacity projects should have to be eligible for the federal government’s $2 billion green hydrogen production credit.
The Hydrogen Headstart program was announced in the 2023-24 federal budget and will deliver a production credit to two or three renewable hydrogen projects to make up the difference in cost of production and the sale price of hydrogen.
The Australian Hydrogen Council is opposed to the current “minimum [electrolyser] deployment size of 50MW”, while the Clean Energy Council (CEC) was surprised it was not higher. And the Smart Energy Council (SEC) is advocating for the threshold to be lowered.
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