Tasmanian Green Hydrogen Hub – Bell Bay

Overview

The Tasmanian Government, through its Tasmanian Green Hydrogen Hub initiative, is progressing a hydrogen hub development focussed on the Bell Bay Area in northern Tasmania.

The Tasmanian Green Hydrogen Hub initiative is led by the Tasmanian Government and includes consortium partners TasNetworks, TasWater, Tasmanian Irrigation, TasPorts and the Bell Bay Advanced Manufacturing Zone. The Bell Bay Advanced Manufacturing Zone is an independent economic development group aiming to support growth and diversification in the area.

Bell Bay is Tasmania’s largest industrial zone and exports around 60% of Tasmania’s manufactured products. It occupies 2,500 hectares and is situated at the port of Bell Bay on the north-eastern shore of the mouth of the Tamar River (just south of George Town and around 50 kilometres north of Launceston).

Along with considerable land availability and access to a deep-water port, renewables-based power supplies are based around considerable wind and hydroelectric sources.

Funding

In July 2022, the Tasmanian Government indicated that Commonwealth funding for a Tasmanian Green Hydrogen Hub at Bell Bay (under the Regional Hubs program) would have matching support from the Tasmanian Government working with its Government Business Enterprises (GBEs) and departments.

In January 2024, in a joint release, the Australian and Tasmanian Governments announced that an agreement had been reached for the Australian Government to invest AUD$70 million to develop the Tasmanian Green Hydrogen Hub in northern Tasmania. The release noted a combined total investment in the hub of at least AUD$300 million including Commonwealth and Tasmanian Government funding.

Funding will support the provision of the necessary infrastructure for the establishment of renewables-based hydrogen and hydrogen derivatives production and associated facilities at Bell Bay and enable the scaling up of these facilities. This would include the delivery of common-user infrastructure including upgrades across port, water, and electricity transmission, as well as providing funding for appropriate project governance and market activation opportunities.

In December 2024, the Tasmanian Government announced the opening of a Registrations of Interest process for the Hub. In May 2025, the Tasmanian Government announced Bell Bay Power Fuels as the provisional proponent for the Tasmanian Green Hydrogen Hub.

Further information on the Tasmanian Green Hydrogen Hub can be found here.

Hub construction activities are anticipated to be complete in 2028.

Projects

The geographic location of Tasmanian projects listed in HyResource can be viewed on the HyResource projects map.

 

Updated: June 2025