To close the 2025/2026 financial year, the Powerfuels including Hydrogen Network (PFHN) released its International Engagement and Impact Report, mapping the Network's overseas activities and existing opportunities for future engagement.
NOW AVAILABLE – New podcast series shares practical farmer-led pathways to low-emissions agriculture
What does the transition to lower-emissions farming actually look like?
This new six-part podcast series from the Land & Primary Industries Network (LPIN) of the NSW Decarbonisation Innovation Hub is answering that question by giving farmers the microphone.
NSW Decarb Hub Funding Winners: Open CER Tools & Data Fund
New grants will help households, councils and policymakers make smarter decisions on solar, batteries and electric vehicles
NSW Commercialisation Showcase 2026 – Powering the Future
Australia's clean energy commercialisation ecosystem has never had more opportunity — nor faced greater pressure to convert research excellence into globally competitive businesses.
New Podcast: Meet the Farmers leading the decarb transition
A new podcast series highlighting practical, farmer-led approaches to decarbonisation is coming soon, with six episodes featuring farmers and innovators sharing their experiences, lessons and ideas for a lower-emissions future.
Exploring strategic land use modelling for NSW carbon abatement
Workshop brings together experts to scope a strategic land-use modelling platform that supports carbon abatement planning and informed land-use decisions across NSW.
Charging ahead: how the forgotten shuttle is driving decarbonisation
Discover the Decarb Hub Seed Grant winners turning bold ideas into scalable technologies that support cleaner, more accessible, and more efficient local transport and energy systems across NSW.
Awarded: PhD Top-Up Grants to Advance Low-Emission Innovation
The NSW Decarbonisation Innovation Hub has announced the successful recipients of its 2026 PhD Top-Up Grants program, supporting emerging researchers driving practical solutions to accelerate decarbonisation across New South Wales.
Dual-Fuel Trials Pave the Way for Low-Carbon Agriculture
A pilot project is demonstrating how dual-fuel technology can reduce diesel use in agriculture without compromising productivity.
Uffe Nielsen: Leading climate action from the ground up
Land and Primary Industries Network Lead Professor Uffe Nielsen explains how understanding what happens beneath our feet can unlock practical climate solutions.
NSW Decarb Hub Grants: Open CER Tools & Data Enablement Fund
NSW Decarbonisation Innovation Hub's Electrification and Energy Systems Network launches Open CER Tools and Data Enablement Fund.
NSW Decarbonisation Innovation Hub Grants: PhD Top-ups
NSW Decarbonisation Innovation Hub's Land and Primary Industries Network launches PhD Top-up grants.
Meet two researchers turning waste and water into green energy
This International Women’s Day, we celebrate two emerging researchers helping to shape Australia’s net-zero future.
Discover how Agrisolar turns sunlight into opportunity
Discover how agrisolar is helping regional NSW grow crops and clean energy side by side.
Securing the grid for a renewable future
A new White Paper examines how Australia can keep its power system secure during the transition to renewable energy.
Green Industry Meets a Town in Transition
A Lithgow research project shows how social license can determine whether new low-carbon industries succeed or stall.
Dani Alexander: Forging Her Own Path to Net Zero
The new interim CEO of the NSW Decarbonisation Innovation Hub is bringing bold ideas, big-picture thinking and a love of teamwork to tackle the state’s biggest emissions challenges.
From Lab to Life: Training Researchers for Impact
Early career researchers are building the skills and confidence to turn their work into real-world outcomes through the Translating Research into Impact program.
Fuelling the Future: Australia and Indonesia Join Forces
The Australia–Indonesia Sustainable Fuels (AISF) Symposium in Bandung, Indonesia, brings together government, industry and research leaders from both countries to accelerate collaboration on sustainable fuels.
New Report Offers Emissions Reduction Pathways for Primary Industries
Our LPIN team was proud to contribute to the Land and Primary Industries Low Emissions Options Report, which highlights practical ways to cut emissions in agriculture, forestry and fisheries.
Hub Program Enables $1M in Sustainable Solutions Projects
The Hub’s Land and Primary Industries Network has awarded funding to six teams developing innovative low-carbon projects for the land sector.
PlasmaLeap: From Lab to Global Leader in Green Technology
PlasmaLeap is turning air, water and electricity into green fertilisers and fuels. With support from the NSW Decarb Hub, it is making chemical production cleaner, local and more sustainable for farms and industry.
2024-25 Annual Report now available!
Discover how the Hub delivered NSW decarbonisation solutions over the past year through research, partnerships, funding bids and on-ground trials.
P2X Future: Internship Opportunity
P2X Future is an internship program that connects students with paid industry placements in the P2X sector to build career readiness and industry collaboration.
Pioneering Wireless Energy Harvesting Project Kicks Off Under EESN Seed Grant Scheme
The project is developing breakthrough technology that could transform how remote telecommunications infrastructure is powered.
Is Australia Electrification-Ready? The Infrastructure We’re Overlooking
Why testing, validation, and workforce development must be part of our energy transition conversation.
Innovate P2X 2025 Winners Announced
This year’s selected projects represent a diverse range of approaches – from low-carbon hydrogen production and sustainable fuel development to advanced materials and carbon capture – all with the potential to make a tangible contribution to Australia’s decarbonisation goals.
PFHN supports next generation of hydrogen innovators at H2 Grand Prix
The Powerfuels including Hydrogen Network (PFHN) is excited to announce our proud support for the H2 Grand Prix (H2GP)
Energy Ponds—A New Lens on Local Energy Futures
EESN partnered with the Pearcey Foundation at the University of Wollongong for a focused roundtable to explore the future of residential energy systems and the enabling role of digital innovation.
Groundbreaking study for aviation decarbonisation released
The Hon. Emily Suvaal, Parliamentary Secretary for Trade and Small Business and member of the Joint Standing Committee on Net Zero Future today launched the highly anticipated NSW Synthetic Aviation Fuel (e-SAF) Value Chain Study, delivered by UNSW with the support of PFHN and NSW OCSE.
Green concrete, TikTok and beer tech: The solutions firing manufacturing success in net zero
Groundbreaking renewable diesel demonstration launched in Spencer and Yamba
Two ocean trawlers in the Northern Rivers and a river trawler on the Hawkesbury River have become the first in Australia to trial a low carbon renewable fuel solution.
PFHN Recent Funding Recipients Roundup
The PFHN community has had great success with funding recently, with projects funded across all our university partners!
Empowering NSW’s Sustainable Energy Future: EESN Seed Grant Scheme Winners Announced
The EESN is excited to announce the awarding of over $1M in grants to support groundbreaking projects focused on reducing carbon emissions through electrification
2023-24 Annual Report now available!
NIER welcomes Investment NSW hydrogen delegation
NIER welcomed a delegation of visitors who had a keen interest in hydrogen research to the precinct
Rose Amal listed in The Australian’s ‘100 Green Energy Players’ for 2023
New research reveals plants may have a surprising capacity to absorb more CO2 than previously expected
New research, led by Western Sydney University’s Dr Jürgen Knauer from the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, published in international journal Science Advances, paints an uncharacteristically upbeat picture for the planet.
New Report Leads NSW to a Low Carbon Future
The NSW Government has released its vision for the development of innovative decarbonisation technologies to help the State meet its net zero targets.
NSW Power-to-X Industry Feasibility Study released
The Study was announced by the Hon Penny Sharpe MLC, NSW Minister for Climate Change, Minister for Energy, Minister for the Environment, and Minister for Heritage in her speech at the Asia-Pacific Hydrogen Summit 2023 in Sydney on 26 October 2023.
The Ammonia Energy Association holds APAC Conference in Newcastle
From 16th-18th August, the fifth annual Ammonia Energy APAC conference was held in Newcastle.
Japanese Delegation visits NSW to explore hydrogen research
In August, a delegation of more than 50 Japanese industry and government leaders visited NSW, Australia to explore opportunities to partner on hydrogen research.
Government announces further $1.8 billion to power NSW to a clean energy future
The Minns Government will deliver a $1.8 billion boost to help rescue NSW’s energy transition.
Powerfuels Network submits recommendations to National Hydrogen Strategy Review
The NSW Powerfuels including Hydrogen Network has submitted recommendations to the review of the National Hydrogen Strategy, with a view towards building the future P2X economy.
LPIN Co-Design Workshops Bring Industry, Research & Government Together
The Land and Primary Industries Network held co-design workshops across 2 days in August to develop and iterate project ideas, explore new industry-proposed project ideas, and create an opportunity to network.
Austrade and UTS Join Forces to Deliver Major Decarbonisation Summit
Driving the Summit agenda was Austrade research into more than 200 of Japan’s largest companies identifying decarbonisation as central to current and future business operations.














































