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Accelerating commercial deployment with hydrogen system testbeds

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Hydrogen system testbeds powered by renewables at kilowatt–megawatt scale reduce technical and financial risk by providing evidence to inform decisions on economic viability for investments at commercial scale. Future-proofing these testbeds to ‘plug and play’ new components or technologies may accelerate low-regret uptake of innovation.

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Fig. 1: Schematic of a hybrid renewable power and hydrogen system testbed.

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  1. Centre for Hydrogen and Renewable Energy, Central Queensland University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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  2. Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    Ian D. R. Mackinnon

  3. University of East London, Docklands, London, UK

    Ian D. R. Mackinnon

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The authors declare involvement with hydrogen testbed research. J.G.L. was academic lead for pilot plant installation and I.D.R.M. was principal investigator for a QUT-led project on hybrid renewable hydrogen production as part of an Australian Government Research and Development Program – Renewable Hydrogen for Export (Contract No. 2018/RND012) to 31 December 2023.

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Love, J.G., Mackinnon, I.D.R. Accelerating commercial deployment with hydrogen system testbeds. Nat Energy 10, 658–661 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-025-01758-0

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