Australia has broad and deep expertise in renewable energy
Australia has broad and deep expertise in renewable energy, ranging from solar and wind, to hydrogen and biofuels.
Australia has broad and deep expertise in renewable energy, ranging from solar and wind power, to battery research, to hydrogen and biofuels.
For example UNSW physicist Martin Green, who is one of this year’s top 250 researchers in the field of sustainable energy, was one of the pioneers in developing efficient photovoltaic cells.
The four universities and the CSIRO, whom we name as current leaders in this area, cover a wide range of expertise.
While photovoltaics is UNSW’s flagship research program in renewable energy, its Energy Institute’s work also encompasses hydrogen, electricity grid transformation and energy storage. We ask big questions and seek to achieve tangible long-term impact, the institute says.
The UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures has developed a realistic roadmap for a shift to renewable energy that will keep global warming to under the critical 1.5 degree threshold without resorting to costly and unproven technologies.
The ANU’s Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions has a focus on energy transition to renewables and, as well as the science side, also researches energy economics, regulation, security, sociology and policy — areas that must be addressed to successfully introduce new energy sources while minimising social impacts.
The CSIRO tackles sustainable energy research including low emissions technology, energy efficiency, large scale use of hydrogen, carbon dioxide capture and storage, solar thermal systems, photovoltaic energy and wind power.
The University of Sydney’s Centre for Sustainable Energy Development has a major research program in battery storage, and carries out modelling and simulations of sustainable energy systems.
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