Heavy Industry and Resources
The Heavy Industry and Resources program focuses on research that accelerate the decarbonisation of heavy industry and the resources sector. The program studies clean fuels, storage, production, carbon dioxide capture, utilisation and storage and industrial electrolysis.
Capabilities
- Energy efficient mineral processing, including renewable integration
- Hydrogen to clean fuel conversion and process safety
- Industrial electrolysis for carbon dioxide conversion and hydrogen production
- Hydrogen production from fossil fuels with carbon capture and storage (CCS)
- Carbon dioxide capture technologies for hard to abate sectors
- Sub-surface storage of hydrogen and carbon dioxide
- Resource economics
- Resource Law
Impact
- The Net Zero Australia project showing that onshoring of mineral processing can have a sustainable competitive advantage compared to offshore processing
- Support of Australian Government’s National Hydrogen Strategy
- Provision of expert advice to the Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain (HESC) Project
- Provision of expert advice to the Australian Government’s Hydrogen Guarantee of Origin scheme