We are playing an essential role in researching and developing technologies to achieve the objective of near zero emissions from the use of energy worldwide.
An advanced electricity network, which uses distributed energy resources – local, low emission and renewable power – is the vision of a national, collaborative research cluster for Australia’s future energy supply.
As part of National Science Week, CSIRO’s National Energy Centre at Mayfield West in Newcastle will open its doors to the public on Saturday 16 August to provide locals with an opportunity to have fun while they learn about the future of energy.
The conference is aimed at gathering together the experts in Asia-Pacific and Australasia who are contributing to the impact of embedded generation, energy efficiency and small scale Renewables from both a technology and policy viewpoint.
The Energy Transformed Flagship's research will accelerate the development and uptake of low emission distributed energy systems in Australia’s energy industry.
The combination of modelling expertise, experimentally-based data and CSIRO software is helping to address ventilation and thermal issues in built environments. The technology is producing gains in energy efficiency and the health of indoor environment.
CSIRO has scientific capabilities and skills critical for progress towards the hydrogen economy, which may offer a path to a sustainable energy future for Australia.
This video shows how a new computer modelling system, NEMsim, developed by CSIRO is helping bidders, investors and market regulators in the electricity market to make the right decisions. (1:00)
The National Solar Energy Centre (NSEC) comprises a high concentration tower solar array that can generate 500 kW of energy, and a low concentration linear array for solar thermal energy as shown in this video. (5:00)
CSIRO’s site at Clayton, Victoria is adjacent to Monash University and the Australian Synchrotron. More than 800 staff members work in energy, resources, forestry, manufacturing, chemicals, health, information, agribusiness and more.
To find out more about the Decentralised Energy Technology, Policy and Opportunities for Australia and the Asia-Pacific Region conference, please download the preliminary program. (1 page)
Post combustion capture (PCC), a process that captures CO2 from power station flue gases, is a key technology with the potential to substantially reduce the greenhouse gas intensity of existing and future coal power stations.
A fact sheet on the occurrence of zinc in Australian and other coals, the behaviour of zinc during combustion and the environmental effects of zinc released as a consequence of coal use.
