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Industries

The precinct is designed to attract industries focussed on:

  • renewable energy for the Territory, Australia, and international markets
  • critical minerals for industries that need to decarbonise, including for batteries and solar panels
  • low-to-zero emissions fuels needed for supply chain security, heating, generating electricity, manufacturing products like fertilisers, and fuelling transport vehicles
  • advanced manufacturing of transition products (like batteries).

‘Not to deal’ proponents

The project is currently in the planning and design stage, attracting industries focussed on renewable energy, low emission liquefied natural gas, carbon capture utilisation and storage, minerals processing, and hydrogen.

To date, the NT Government has issued ‘not to deal’ commitments with proponents over specific land in Middle Arm.

  • TEH2, 100% owned by Total Eren - renewable energy: a global independent power producer, is proposing to develop a green hydrogen production facility using solar energy with the capability of producing more than 80,000 tonnes of renewables-based hydrogen per annum for domestic and export potential.
  • Tivan - critical minerals: is proposing to produce vanadium oxides through application of innovative downstream processing technology using feedstock sourced from Tivan's Speewah and Mount Peake Projects; titanium dioxide and iron oxide also produced as by-products. Tivan is also working to facilitate an industrialisation pathway for vanadium redox flow batteries.
  • Tamboran Resources Limited - natural gas: a lower CO2 emissions liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility. Gas from this export facility will play an important role in the decarbonisation plans of our neighbours and trading partners in Asia and beyond.

Tentative solar energy supply deals include Sun Cable’s proposed 12,000 hectare solar project in the Barkly region.

Delivery of a Strategic Environmental Assessment and proposed precinct plan to the Northern Territory and Australian regulators, planning and building of common user infrastructure, and governance frameworks and management plans, will guide proponents and help to regulate the precinct.

While the agreements are intended to provide proponents with confidence and certainty to continue developing their proposals, final land allocation within Middle Arm is subject to key project milestones and approvals, specific to each proponent project.

Middle Arm Peninsula is already home to the Santos Darwin LNG and the INPEX Ichthys LNG processing facilities – both companies are committed to net zero emissions.

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Page last updated 14 January 2026

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