Description: Renewable wind and solar resource potential, without infrastructure constraints. Darkest areas of green for inland Australia show where highest potential wind and solar coexist or is firmed by hydropower. This map strictly shows the best areas for ramping up renewable energy generation, and does not take into account any infrastructure considerations that will be critical for future hydrogen production.
Description: National hydrogen prospectivity heat map based on Scenario 2: Renewable hydrogen – Future coastal production and constrained by existing infrastructure. This map identifies high potential areas for hydrogen production by assessing the availability of renewable power which can be transported through the existing electrical grid for use in coastal areas. This scenario assumes that most future hydrogen production will use desalinated seawater.
Description: National Hydrogen prospectivity heat map based on Scenario 3: Renewable hydrogen – Coastal or inland generation, hydrogen transported via pipeline, and constrained by existing infrastructure.
Description: National Hydrogen prospectivity heat map based on Scenario 4: carbon capture and storage (CCS) hydrogen – Advanced development. This map represents sites for CCS hydrogen production that can potentially proceed in the nearer term.
Description: National Hydrogen prospectivity heat map based on Scenario 5: CCS hydrogen – Greenfield areas. This map expands the possible CCS sites that can be co-located with CCS hydrogen production, thereby expanding the suitable areas for production.