The ANU 100% Renewable Energy group conducts research in the deployment and integration of renewable energy, working towards carbon-neutrality throughout Australia’s economy.
All initial Atlases will be followed with a final dataset.
Bluefield PHES use an existing reservoir to make a PHES pair – Greenfield PHES use two new reservoirs.
This website contains much of our work output and research interests. Please get in contact with us if you want to discuss anything further, whether it be pumped hydro reservoir siting, transport efficiency and electrification, energy balance modelling, or anything else related to the decarbonisation of energy.
The fastest energy change in history still underway
24 Apr 2024
Professor Andrew Blakers and Professor Ricardo Rüther (UFSC) have published an article in PV Magazine, detailing: 80% of new generation in 2023 was wind and solar, with solar installations reaching more than...
Grids dominated by solar and pumped hydro in wind-constrained sunbelt countries
18 Apr 2024
This research paper, lead by Timothy Weber, was published in Energy Conversion and Management.
The fastest energy change in history
5 Mar 2024
Andrew Blakers was invited to speak at the recent Global Energy Meet held in California. The video of this talk is available below:
Researchers found 37 mine sites in Australia that could be converted into renewable energy storage. So what are we waiting for?
28 Feb 2024
Timothy Weber, Australian National University and Andrew Blakers, Australian National University
Rooftop solar PV the choice for solar power development in Indonesia
5 Feb 2024
The following article was published on the Indonesian Conversation, and republished by the Jakarta Post. The Indonesian version published in the Conversation is available below.
Solar panel waste is not a significant problem
16 Oct 2023
Professor Andrew Blakers and Professor Ricardo Rüther (UFSC) have written an article on solar panel waste streams on behalf of the International Solar Energy Society, which can be accessed here.