Future Fuels Forum

The Future Fuels Forum brought together community, industry and government to plan for the future of transport fuels.

Ocean renewable energy

CSIRO modelling predicts that wave energy could play a large part in Australia’s future energy mix. Ocean energy extraction is an emerging technology and research is required on the nature of the resource, technology, performance and understanding the wider impacts.

Professor Andrew Holmes: CSIRO Fellow

Professor Andrew Holmes is a pioneer of research in organic electronics. He came as a Federation Fellow to CSIRO and The University of Melbourne with a world-leading reputation in this field.

Storing renewable energy

CSIRO is conducting research to overcome the challenges of intermittency, storage and dispatch of electricity generated from solar and wind energy.

Micro Fuel Cells

CSIRO-developed fuel cells could power a laptop computer for up to 24 hours, or a mobile phone for up to a month, before requiring a recharge.

UltraBattery sets new standard for HEVs

The odometer of a low emission hybrid electric test vehicle exceeded 100,000 miles as the car circled a track in the UK using the power of an advanced CSIRO battery system.

Geothermal energy: clean and sustainable energy for the future

CSIRO is developing and applying geothermal capabilities to help secure Australia's energy future in a low emissions world.

Dr Scott Watkins: developing next generation low-cost solar cells of the future

Dr Scott Watkins is applying CSIRO's world-class understanding of polymer science to create new electroactive materials for the next generation of plastic electronics and energy devices.

Biofuels research cluster

The biofuels research collaboration cluster will help Australia produce safe, sustainable transport fuels of the future.

Transforming the way we manage energy

CSIRO is developing an automated system to make electricity use by small consumers as efficient and cost-effective as it is for large industry players.

Petronas partnership to investigate alternative and clean energy technologies

PRSB, the research arm of the Malaysian oil and gas company PETRONAS, will partner with CSIRO to investigate alternative energy and clean fuel technologies.

Solar intermittency: Australia’s clean energy challenge

Intermittency is one of the biggest barriers to the large-scale uptake of solar energy. Sunshine is difficult to accurately forecast, can change rapidly due to moving clouds, cannot be controlled and is not a source of energy 24 hours a day.

Australian Resources Research Centre (ARRC): Annual Reports

The Australian Resources Research Centre Annual Report presents details of the activities of the centre.

Renewable Energy student workshop (New South Wales)

Learn all about the different types of energy and how they are harnessed in the hands-on Renewable Energy program, run by CSIRO for New South Wales students in Years 3 - 6.

The National Solar Energy Centre

The National Solar Energy Centre is a focal point for solar research in Australia, bringing together state-of-the-test facilities for solar thermal, solar photovoltaic and solar cooling research and product development.

Australia's largest solar thermal research hub

The first of its kind in Australia, this large-scale demonstration site will be an international hub for researching and commercialising concentrated solar energy technologies.

Dr Tom Hatton: Group Executive, Energy

As Group Executive Energy, Dr Tom Hatton has responsibilities across the Energy, Oceans and Resources domains supported by an annual budget of $220M.

CSIRO Energy Centre

The CSIRO Energy Centre in Newcastle is a state-of-the-art facility which showcases a unique combination of energy efficient building design and small-scale generation units delivering renewable and low emission power to the site.

Creating electricity from heat: solar thermoelectric generators

Concentrated solar thermal (CST) power plants use mirrors to concentrate energy from the sun onto a receiver, where the thermal energy can then be used for various purposes. For example, to heat a fluid to drive a turbine to generate electricity.

Intelligent Energy: finding smarter ways to use electricity

Pioneering low-carbon, efficient energy systems for households, industry, cities and the nation.

Intelligent grid: a vision for widespread use of DE in Australia's future energy network

CSIRO is using simulation modelling to predict the economic, environmental and social benefits of distributed energy to demonstrate its viability to stakeholders and the wider community.

Dr Glenn Platt: engineering change in energy usage

Dr Glenn Platt is driving CSIRO’s research on energy efficiency and smart energy systems, improving how energy is delivered to and used by consumers, and developing cost effective technologies to cut greenhouse gas emission in Australia. Dr Glenn Platt leads a team working on a diverse range of energy efficiency and clean generation technologies, from new types of wind generators through to energy management technologies for your house.

Intelligent Grid Report: a value proposition for distributed energy in Australia

The Intelligent Grid report outlines the value proposition for wide scale distributed energy solutions for Australia

Mr Cameron Begley: General Manager, Business Development and Commercialisation, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences

Mr Cameron Begley looks after the commercial and business interests of CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences.

Investigating ionic liquids to improve processing performance

A better understanding of the behaviour of ionic liquids could potentially improve the economic and environmental performance of electrowinning processes.