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Current Grant Opportunity View - GO8553

Australia-Germany H2Global Program

GO ID:
GO8553
Agency:
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Close Date & Time:
11-Sep-2026 5:00 pm (ACT Local Time)
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Primary Category:
211002 - Climate Change
Publish Date:
17-Aug-2026
Location:
Overseas
Selection Process:
Closed Non-Competitive

Description:

The Australia-Germany H2Global Program involves a innovative contract for difference market mechanism, where grant funds provided by the Australian government along with funding from the German government will be used by a successful applicant (if any) to support eligible Australian producers of hydrogen products. The funding will offset the difference between the price paid to purchase hydrogen products from Australian producers and the price received from selling those products to German offtakers. 

A double auction mechanism called H2Global (the Project) will be used to establish long-term purchase contracts with renewable hydrogen producers located in Australia and short-term resale contracts with renewable hydrogen offtakers in Germany. Prices will be determined on both sides via sales auctions, i.e. the lowest bid prices for hydrogen production and the highest selling price are each awarded a contract. 

The Project will take place independently of Australian and German government funding bodies. Grant funding is not provided to the successful applicant for its own operations. Instead, funding flows through to support Australian hydrogen producers via the purchase and resale contracts established under the Project. 

 

Eligibility:

The German registered entity ‘Hint.co GmbH’ HRB 39719, Court of registration: Amtsgericht Leipzig, EUID: DEU1308.HRB39719 (HINT.CO) is the only entity eligible to respond to this grant opportunity. 

 

Total Amount Available (AUD):

$356,800,000.00

Instructions for Application Submission:

You may submit an application in response to the grant opportunity by email. 

To submit an application you must:

  • provide all the information requested in the grant opportunity guidelines
  • address the eligibility criterion stated in section 3.1 of the guidelines and 
  • submit your application to hydrogenfinancingmechanisms@dcceew.gov.au by the closing date and time specified on the first page of the grant opportunity guidelines