• Scoping study for material carbon abatement via carbon capture and storage (CCS)

    A 3-year scoping study dealing with climate change mitigation, known as The University of Queensland Surat Deep Aquifer Appraisal Project (UQ-SDAAP) was successfully delivered in 2019.
  • Energy and Poverty Research Group

    At UQ a transdisciplinary group investigates how energy access and poverty alleviation are interconnected in developing contexts.
  • Water-Energy-Carbon Research Group

    The Water-Energy-Carbon Group group conducts research and teaching regarding water, energy and greenhouse gas flows influenced by water in cities.
  • Sustainable Power Economy

    The objective of this project will be to consolidate and extend this theoretical literature on research joint ventures and technological licensing, as it is applied to innovation in emissions reducing technology in the energy industry.
  • Monitoring social impacts of the mining industry

    The Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining (CSRM) is a leading research centre, committed to improving the social performance of the resources industry globally. Their main objective is to manage change in more effective ways.
  • Mine Rehabilitation

    Successful rehabilitation is commonly associated with the successful establishment of vegetation. Storage and accumulation of plant carbon (also green carbon) is used as a comparative parameter for the assessment of success of re-vegetation.
  • Clean Coal Technology

    UQ has one of the largest critical mass of engineers and scientists in Australia working in the clean energy delivery area, including a large concentration of internationally recognized researchers in low emission coal technology.
  • UQ Solar Array

    UQ's array is one of only 31 CPV tracking panels in Australia.