Centre for Energy Technology
Clean, reliable, affordable energy. We liaise with industry partners and build research teams to develop innovative solutions for sustainable fuels, minerals processing and power.
HiTeMP-4 Forum, Oct 21 - 23, 2024, National Wine Centre, Adelaide
Preparing for an energy and carbon-constrained future, this forum brings together companies, researchers, investors and policy makers to scope further action on decarbonising the mineral processing sector.
HILT CRC
Companies are invited to partner in the Heavy Industry Low-carbon Transition Cooperative Research Centre (HILT CRC) to expedite the decarbonisation of Australia’s heavy industrial processes and produce materials vital to the local and global economies at lower costs and in more sustainable ways.
Energy technology news
Review of CET Research Day 2024
Continuing its annual tradition, the CET held another inspiring Research Day last Tuesday December 10, 2024 at the Sanctuary Function Centre, Adelaide Zoo. It was an event that celebrated the research of students and staff of the Centre, as well as considering the broader challenges and priorities ahead.
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The High Road to Hydrogen
CET’s Acting Director, Professor Greg Metha’s breakthrough solar reactor technology for producing hydrogen using concentrated sunlight, water and a photocatalyst in a solar reactor, otherwise known as photocatalytic water splitting, is the focus of a new Chronicle of Higher Education article. Read the article and watch the video here.
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Accelerating industrial decarbonisation
Prof Mercedes Maroto-Valer, Director of the UK’s Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC) will discuss how IDRIC is developing engineering solutions for net zero, while integrating economic, policy and future workforce needs to ensure these solutions are implemented at the scale and pace needed to meet net zero targets, at the 2024 HiTeMP-4 Forum, Oct 21-23, National Wine Centre, Adelaide. Do not miss this important event, register today.
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The role of green finance in the net-zero transition
Nicole Yazbek-Martin, Head of Taxonomy and Natural Capital at the Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI), will present “The Role of Sustainable Finance to Guide Capital to Net-Zero Transition Solutions” at the 2024 HiTeMP-4 Forum, being held from Oct 21-23, at the National Wine Centre Adelaide. Register now. 05 Sep
Enabling a net-zero electricity system for Australia
Chris Davies, Group Manager of Future Energy Systems at the Australian Electricity Market Operator (AEMO), will present “Enabling a Net-Zero Electricity System” at the 2024 HiTeMP-4 Forum on Monday October 21, 2024. In his presentation, Chris will outline the mix of resources needed to enable a net-zero energy system by 2050. Register today. 22 Aug
Sparc Hydrogen awarded for creating a greener future in SA
Green energy company Sparc Hydrogen has received a Climate Leaders Award in the Small to Medium Enterprise category from the South Australian Premier’s Climate Change Council. Congratulations to Sparc Hydrogen and Sparc project research leader, Professor Greg Metha, Acting Director of the Centre for Energy Technology at the University of Adelaide.
ISF Workshop for the Measurement and Computation of Reacting Flows with Carbon Nanoparticles
A biennial forum for researchers to develop improved predictive capability of soot in flames of practical relevance through international collaboration between experimentalists and modellers.