Australia will need to triple the National Electricity Market’s power capacity by 2030 to be on track for net zero by 2050 – requiring a rapid rollout of wind and solar power, transmission, storage, electric vehicles, and heat pumps as it replaces the coal fleet.
Engineers at The University of Queensland (UQ) have developed a new method to create monolayer nanosheets that until now it has been difficult to produce at a large scale with high yield.
More than 2000 renewable energy facilities are built in areas of environmental significance and threaten the natural habitats of plant and animal species across the globe.
A PhD student and ‘beer scientist’ has inadvertently discovered a way to conduct extremely small-scale brewing experiments, potentially leading to better beer.
A simple method to determine if fossil fuel producers are on track to meet global emission reduction targets has been developed by UQ researchers, including Associate Professor Kate O'Brien from The School of Chemical Engineering.
Unlocking the secrets of mangroves and delving into robust energy conversion systems are some of The University of Queensland projects that have been awarded funding from the Australian Research Council.
