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The Gas & Energy Transition Research Centre undertakes independent research to address the complexities and challenges of the energy transition in Australia and the Asia-Pacific.​

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Climate change is a whole-of-society challenge, but achieving a consensus on the need and means to decarbonise is difficult. Our Centre aims to help all stakeholders navigate the transition by sharing applied, policy-relevant research that is grounded in the economic and political realities of modern society." 

- Professor David Close, Former Centre Director

Research themes

The Centre delivers and facilitates interdisciplinary research through four broad themes that reflect the diversity of issues associated with the energy transition.

 

Applies established and innovative social science methods to understand the complex social, cultural, policy and economic dimensions of energy resource developments.
Seeks to understand and reduce the environmental impacts of energy resource projects and technologies that will be critical to the energy transition.
Undertakes modelling and analysis to ensure energy planning meets societal objectives for the sustainability, reliability and affordability of domestic and export energy markets.
Investigates key knowledge gaps and solutions to assess opportunities and scenarios for accelerating the transition to a net-zero economy.

Latest publications
 

Two Decades of Australian Coal Seam Gas Research Can Improve Low-Permeability Coal Productivity and Recovery

Author/s: Prof Raymond Johnson Jr
Type: Presentation

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A generalized FFTMA approach for simulating multivariate non-Gaussian random fields with spatial asymmetry

Author/s: Dany Lauzon, Dr Sebastian Hörning, Prof András Bárdossy 
Type: Journal Article

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Long-term back-casting of wind & solar capacity factors for the ISP Renewable Energy Zones

Author/s: Dr Joe Lane, Dr Nathan Di Vaira, Dr Vektor Dewanto
Type: Report

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View our complete list of publications here

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Researchers

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Students

Develop unique research and industry experience by working alongside energy transition experts
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Email: gas-energy@uq.edu.au

Office number: +61 7 3346 4101

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Email: gas-energy@uq.edu.au
Phone: +61 447 812 081

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