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ANU Energy Change Institute energy.anu.edu.au THE ANU ENERGY CHANGE INSTITUTE March 2013 Professor Ken Baldwin, Director
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THE ANU ENERGY CHANGE INSTITUTE
March 2013
Professor Ken Baldwin, Director
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Energy Research at ANU
• The ANU is Australia’s federally funded, leading research university
• We collaborate and provide leadership with the other major players in Australia and internationally.
• We have the largest portfolio of research into Energy Change of any university in Australia: ~$100M in facilities and 200 researchers
• Technology and Policy neutral
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ECI Mission
• Energy change will offer broader benefits to society by: • driving the transformation to a clean economy in
response to climate change• increasing economic productivity to help ensure long-term
growth• improving energy access and security.
• The ANU Energy Change Institute brings together leading research and teaching on the technologies, efficiency, policy, law, sociology and economics of moving to a sustainable and dominantly renewable energy future.
• The ECI facilitates new research and teaching programmes, and connects ANU energy research to policy makers and the wider community.
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Education• Professional Short Courses for government and industry • Master of Energy Change programmes• Future undergraduate courses in Energy Change
Research • Provide a focus for large research funding bids• Proactively engage with industry and other stakeholders
External Engagement• A single entry point for advice to government and industry• Contribute to the ANU Institute for Public Policy
ECI Programmes
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ECI is a collaborating member of the ANU Climate Change Institute (CCI)• Contributes to CCI events e.g. Australia-China Climate Change Forum • Shared courses e.g. Master of Energy Change / Climate Change • Common Board membership
External prospects• Energy and climate contributions e.g. for CURF, SERREE• Proactively engage with external stakeholders
Joint Opportunities• Linking activities across campus under the College system• Supporting public statements between Climate and Energy• Joint public policy contributions to Government
CCI / ECI Partnership
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A wide spectrum of Energy research:
– Technologies►Solar Energy►Nuclear Science►Fusion Energy►Fossil Fuels / CCS►Hydrogen Fuel Cells►Artificial Photosynthesis►Biosolar
– Efficiency– Economics– Policy– Regulation– Sociology
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ANU Research Capability• ARC Centre for Sustainable Energy Systems • 80 staff and PhD students, $9M income 2011
Research areas• Photovoltaic fundamentals & solar cells• Solar thermal power• Photovoltaic-thermal hybrid systems
National capacity building• Substantial commercial interactions• Links with ASI and overseas institutes
The Future• Cost reductions via “learning curve” and R&D• Focus on R&D to capture commercialisation
ANU Solar Research
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ANU Research Capability• H-1 Major National Research Facility
~$20M, operating budget ~$1M p.a.:Super Science funded from 2011
• 20 staff and PhD students
Research areas• novel plasma configurations• new diagnostics of plasma conditions
National capacity building• develop capabilities in fusion science• build human capacity to leverage ITER
The Future
• Engagement with ITER - an IAEA project to build a fusion power reactor: construction cost of $10 billion,10 year budget $4 billion - the world’s largest science experiment
ANU Fusion Research
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ANU Research Capability• Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility – a $50 Million
national facility, operating ~ $3M p.a. – SuperScience funded
• 45 staff and PhD students
Research areas• Fundamental nuclear science c.f. nuclear power• Applications - accelerator mass spectrometry
- climate change monitoring of isotopes- groundwater flows / environmental
discharge tracing
National capacity building• Sole Australian research training and education facility for BSc, MSc and PhD
students in nuclear science
• International/national collaborations inc. ANSTO
The Future
• Provide nuclear science research + training capability in the national interest
ANU Nuclear Science
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ANU Research Capability• 20 Research Staff, 2 X-Ray CT facilities• Research program linked to 14 major
oil companies (Exxon, BP, Chevron, ...)
Research areas• Digital analysis of 3D reservoir core• Prediction of geophysical & petrophysical
properties from 3D imaging of core.
National capacity building• Revolutionize mode of gathering rock data
with reduced cost & increased data
• Improved solutions to geosequestration The Future
• Continued R&D with oil majors + CO2CRC
• Company formed to deliver client services
Enhanced Oil & Gas/CO2 Storage
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Nanofibres for fuel cells
Plasma beams for fuel cells
ANU Research Capability• Plasma processing used to fabricate fuel cell• Same techniques as for microelectronics• Fuel cell assembly environmental testing
Research areas• Carbon nano-fibres with clusters of platinum for
electrodes• Membranes to separate electrons and protons• Hydrogen splitting for artificial photosynthesis
National capacity building• Sole Australian University PEM Fuel Cell research
• Direct collaboration with University of Queensland
• Close collaboration with France (Orleans, Montpellier)
The Future
• Forefront of plasma processing of fuel cells
ANU Fuel Cell Research
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ANU Research Capability• 4 ARC funded Research Groups • 25 personnel
Research areas• Mechanism of Water-Splitting • Biological Photo-Energy Conversion• Bio-Mimetic Molecular Assemblies
National capacity building• Collaborations with Leading European/US groups
• Linkages with Industrial Physics CSIRO
The Future
• Development of Bio-mimetic Catalyst Systems
• Construction of Prototype Bio-reactors
Artificial Photosynthesis Research
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ANU Research Capability• Plant science strengths in
College of Science
Research areasWorld Leaders in:• Photosynthesis
• Plant biotechnology
• High throughput analysis• Ecology• Economic Analysis• Increased lipid content of
algae and cyanobacteria
Biosolar
National capacity building• Major NMR and mass spectrometry facilities
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Efficiency and Demand Management
Energy efficiency, design and business competitive advantage
IT and energy efficiency
Energy management systems
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Centre for Climate Economics and Policy− design of policies including for energy systems
Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis− the G-Cubed model – an international macroeconomic
model – used for analysing climate mitigation options
Energy and economic development− the role of energy in economic growth and development
in developing countries, including China and India
Energy Economics
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Financial incentives compared with feed-in tariffs
Planning law, transmission barriers and distributed energy
Global governance of specific technologies: artificial photosynthesis, energy and nanotechnology, and energy security
Energy governance and its implications for climate change: energy policy within individual countries
Design principles to support the creation of a low carbon energy regime and encourage energy innovation
Energy Regulation & Governance
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Energy Sociology and Risk• Transformation of energy consumption
• Energy risk, disaster management and community acceptance
Energy Politics• democratic challenges of energy reforms • politics of energy security in Asia - China & India• the biofuels industry, esp. the EU, US & Brazil
ANU Institute for Public Policy (ANIPP) Engagement between ECI and the Public Sector
Examples of ECI policy engagement• National Energy Security Assessment (NESA)
• Australia-China Climate Change Forum• Australian Energy Technology Assessment (AETA)
Energy Sociology and Policy
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A wide spectrum of Energy research:
– Technologies►Solar Energy►Nuclear Science►Fusion Energy►Fossil Fuels / CCS►Hydrogen Fuel Cells►Artificial Photosynthesis►Biosolar
– Efficiency– Economics– Policy– Regulation– Sociology
ANU Energy Change Institute
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RDA Capacity Building
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RDA Capacity Building
