Energy Security

The Energy Security theme undertakes modelling and analysis to ensure energy planning meets societal objectives for the sustainability, reliability and affordability of domestic and export energy markets.

Expertise and activities under the theme span multiple areas, including analysis and modelling of long-term transitions for electricity and gas systems; modelling and technical innovation for gas production systems to help them remain fit-for-purpose throughout the transition; and investigations into how Australian energy and resources can support energy transitions and energy security across the Asia-Pacific.

The theme’s research aims to improve the understanding of uncertainties that will be crucial to near-term planning and long-term strategy while also remaining responsive and relevant to rapidly changing energy transition policy and technologies. Through its outputs, it will contribute to stakeholder knowledge, public discourse and decision making around highly contested aspects of Australia’s domestic energy system and its role in the global energy transition.

Theme Leader

Dr Joe Lane
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Team

Professor Raymond Johnson
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Dr Sebastian Hoerning
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Iain Rodger
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Jamin Wood
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Dan Lee
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Emeritus Professor Andrew (Alf) Garnett
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Current projects
  • Using artificial intelligence to increase gas supply
  • Horizontal CSG well drilling optimisation
  • Coal Matrix shrinkage and effects on cleat porosity, permeability and late life coal behaviour
  • Horizontal CSG well drilling optimisation: The role of coal mechanical properties
  • EPW Eletricity Systems Modelling
  • International biomethane policy review​
  • Understanding future GPG volatility: risks and planning challenges for the electricity and gas sectors​

2025 Publications

Alarcon Vigil, Daniel, Johnson Jr., Raymond L., and Tauchnitz, James (2025). Improved estimation methods for surface coal mine methane emissions for reporting, beneficial use, and emission reduction purposes and relative to Australia's safeguard mechanisms. Journal of Environmental Management 376 124366 124366. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.124366

Previous publications

Since launching in 2013, the Centre has published over 300 journal article, book chapters, posters, conference abstracts, and presentations. You can view the complete list here

Theme leader

 

Dr Joe Lane
Senior Research Fellow
joe.lane@uq.edu.au

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