Transformations

As the world’s largest exporter of coal and gas, Australia has benefited significantly from fossil fuel production – but, as the use of fossil fuels declines, so will our coal and gas exports. 

Though the path ahead is littered with obstacles, Australia has an opportunity to alchemise hydrogen’s flexibility as an energy vector into cleaner living and export gold.

The Cooperative Research Centre for Transformations in Mining Economies, launched in 2020, is creating opportunities to bring Australian innovation in the emerging mine closure sector to the global market.

Plants, vegetation, and soils take carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, convert it into energy and store it as biomass. Increasing biomass to reduce atmospheric levels of C02 is known as carbon sequestration.

The Energy Transition is a matter of great public importance ongoing, and one that rests largely in the hands of a collective of experts across industries spanning renewable energy, oil and gas, and infrastructure, to name a few. 

In the past 30 years, the Australian water sector has been through the most significant water reforms in our history, driven by the need to mitigate and adapt to a shifting climate and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of water management.

There is tremendous responsibility that comes with operating and managing the largest high voltage transmission electricity network in Australia, covering NSW and Canberra. TransGrid is moving beyond that mandate, transforming the nature of how Australia keeps the lights on in a carbon-constrained world.

Bioenergy can fuel Australia’s energy transition while also creating jobs in regional communities, writes Angelo Dabala.