The Queensland government's investment of $2 billion in renewable energy and hydrogen positions the state to become a leader in clean energy production.
Environment groups said the announcement would push the state’s economy away from fossil fuels and put Queensland in a position to be a clean energy leader. But they said the state also needed to improve its climate targets.
The $2bn fund includes a previously announced $500m to drive publicly-owned renewables in the state. Palaszczuk said on Thursday spending on publicly-owned renewable energy generation would need to be linked to local manufacturing.
“That means not just mining the minerals for batteries and renewables in Queensland – it means processing the minerals and making batteries and renewables here as well,” she said. “I want to see hydrogen electrolysers built locally and local assembly of wind turbines and solar panels because that means local jobs.”
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