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A pile of cut tree trunks.

This feature article discusses competition between biofuels and alternative markets in the Australian context.

  • Image of the globe from space showing Australia, and the sun rising over the horizon.

    The bioeconomy will provide a platform to a sustainable future by providing security of food, water and energy supplies, reduced emissions, and the sustainable use of both biological and non-biological resources.

  • Image of mixed grains, cereals and pulses.

    The bioeconomy provides an opportunity for Australia to redefine the role of agricultural, natural resources and sustainable energy production.

Events

 
  • Close up of car wheel.

    CSIRO’s alternative transport fuels research explores the feasibility of alternatives to traditional fuel types, such as petrol or diesel, and looks at the possible biophysical, social and economic impacts of their production and adoption.

  • Close up of pylons.

    The Energy Transformed Flagship's research will accelerate the development and uptake of low emission distributed energy systems in Australia’s energy industry.

  • Electricity infrastructure power lines.

    We use ESM to determine the impact of potential future events, policies and technology breakthroughs on the uptake of new technologies in electricity generation and road transport.

  • Wind turbine.

    This video raises issues surrounding low emission distributed generation systems and how they will challenge our ideas about energy supply and where we generate power. (0:30)

  • Smoke coming from a chimney.

    The Flagship’s work in the area of low emission electricity centres upon the generation of ‘near-zero greenhouse gas’ electricity. (0:38)

  • Image of the globe from space showing Australia, and the sun rising over the horizon.

    This six-page brochure describes how the emerging bioeconomy is providing a platform to a sustainable future.

  • Report cover of 'Fuel for thought' - Future Fuels Forum report.

    The Future Fuels Forum articulates plausible scenarios for Australia's transport fuel future in the report Fuel for thought - The future of transport fuels: challenges and opportunities.

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