It's not just across Australia where the ACT's renewable energy policies have been noticed, with Canberra initiatives getting attention from overseas.
Officials from multiple international embassies and high commissions have been carrying out fact-finding missions in recent months to renewables projects such as the hydrogen refuelling station in Fyshwick.
Among some of the embassies that have expressed interest in the initiatives are Germany, South Korea and Denmark to name a few.
John Grimes - the chief executive of the Smart Energy Council, which has been conducting zero-carbon certification of the hydrogen refuelling station - said embassies were using the visits to see how similar technology could be used in their home countries.
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"The ACT has really positioned itself as a global leader, and is very ambitious for renewable energy projects," Mr Grimes told The Canberra Times.
"Canberra plays an important role, because while it will never be a major market because we're a small jurisdiction, it's already proving to be a knowledge leader in this."
The council's government relations manager Wayne Smith said as the hydrogen refuelling station becomes more widely used, even more countries would look to the work done in the ACT.
"We have been seeing more embassies and high commissions come through those facilities, and we have been briefing all the EU embassies about the certification scheme," he said.
"There has also been strong interest from the South Korean, Japanese and Singaporean embassy as well."
The ACT's hydrogen refuelling station was the first in Australia and just the second in the world to receive official zero-carbon certification, with the facility opening to the public earlier this year.
Hydrogen-fuelled cars have already been used in Canberra as part of the ACT government's fleet, which include 20 Hyundai Nexo vehicles.
Mr Grimes said Canberra was setting itself up as a hub for hydrogen-fuelled vehicles, which had made other countries that were looking into the technology very interested.
"We have been blown away by the interest and there is a global interest in these initiatives," he said.
"There is a window of opportunity for Australia to win a disproportionate share of the hydrogen market and business opportunities."
Among those nations interested was Germany, with its chancellor Angela Merkel announcing alongside Prime Minister Scott Morison a Hydrogen Accord between the two countries at the G7 summit in June.
A spokesman for the German Embassy in Canberra said initiatives such as the refuelling station matched up with the country's own renewable energy plans.
"Germany's energy import needs, in line with its goal to become carbon-neutral by 2045 perfectly match Australia's ambition to establish a globally competitive hydrogen industry," the spokesman said.
"The German Embassy in Canberra follows hydrogen and renewable energy initiatives and events across Australia, including the ACT, with great interest."
The refuelling facility is operated by ActewAGL, and a spokeswoman for the company said the site was continuing to receive large amounts of interest three months after its opening.
"We continue to have enquiries from scientists, academics, parliamentarians and ambassadors who would like to learn more about the hydrogen refuelling station and how it operates," the spokeswoman said.
"The station is the first publicly available hydrogen refuelling station in Australia, which would explain why other industries are interested in learning about how we produce green hydrogen onsite and dispense this to fuel cell electric vehicles."
