Queensland's renewable energy supply chain

Queensland has many renewable energy resources and is also rich in critical minerals, which are manufacturing inputs for renewable energy components. With continued industry growth, Queensland is becoming Australia's premier location for renewable energy manufacturing, generation and storage.

Queensland's renewable energy sector is experiencing significant growth – boosting employment and regional development. Queensland has one of the world's highest levels of solar exposure, with an average of 20 megajoules per square metre. This makes it the ideal location for solar energy generation.

Queensland also has areas of excellent wind resources, which are beginning to be developed in Northern Queensland, west of Gladstone and in the Darling Downs. The strong investment in Queensland's renewable energy generation projects will continue to grow, providing certainty to manufacturers and supply chains.

Battery and storage technologies are also seeing significant growth. Queensland has an advanced materials and battery ecosystem that is emerging and innovative, and being reinforced by both:

strong research capability, particularly with the National Battery Testing Centre located in northern Brisbane
opportunities to supply storage solutions to state-owned energy generators.

Queensland's North West Minerals Province (NWMP) contains the copper, zinc, vanadium and cobalt minerals needed to build components for renewable energy generation, such as solar PV and batteries. The CopperString 2032 project is a 840km high-voltage electricity transmission line from Townsville to Mount Isa that will connect the NWMP to the national electricity project and provide energy certainty to the region's critical mineral sector.

This guide explains the benefits of investing in Queensland's renewable energy supply chain.

Advantages of bringing renewable energy supply chain business to Queensland

There are many advantages to bringing your renewable energy supply chain business to Queensland, including access to natural resources, supply networks, a strong manufacturing industry and a range of government support programs. Queensland is investing heavily in renewable energy, read the whole story on why Queensland is ready for investment.

Research and development capabilities

Queensland has a number of world-class research and development institutes and initiatives that focus on the development of the renewable energy sector. These include the:

Centre for Organic Photonics and Electronics (University of Queensland)
Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (University of Queensland)
Nanomaterials Centre (University of Queensland)
National Battery Testing Centre (Queensland University of Technology)
Queensland Microtechnology Facility (Griffith University)

Learn more about innovation, research and development in Queensland.

Strong manufacturing industry

Queensland has competitive advantages in high-technology advanced manufacturing sectors, as well as strengths in traditional manufacturing sectors that can support renewable supply chains (e.g. metal fabrication).

Support for renewable energy projects in Queensland is provided by our world-class manufacturing sector. This is available across the supply chain, from research and development and piloting to energy generation and advanced renewable energy component manufacturing.

Queensland's manufacturing industry also has strong capabilities in:

engineering
machinery
equipment
mineral and metal product manufacturing
silica refining
silica refining, processing and polysilicon/silicon manufacturing.

Learn more about Queensland manufacturing strategies and assistance programs.

Climate

Queensland enjoys around 263 days of sunshine each year. In winter, Queensland averages 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, increasing to 13.5 hours per day in summer.

Also consider...

Learn more about grants and support for renewable energy.
Read about proposed and planned infrastructure projects in Queensland.
The publicly announced renewable energy projects map.
Read more about the benefits of doing business in Queensland.