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ANU Energy Change Institute

OPEN DAY

30th October, 2017

ANU Energy Change Institute: energy.anu.edu.au

Highlights

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Ken Baldwin, ECI Director

ANU Energy Change Institute: energy.anu.edu.au 3

New Research Clusters Technology and Policy neutral

>$100 M Energy Research Facilities>300 Staff and Students

A wide spectrum of Energy research:• Technologies

• Artificial Photosynthesis• Energy Storage and Recovery• Enhanced Oil and Gas/ CCS• Fusion Power• Nuclear Science• Renewable Fuels• Smart Grid• Solar PV• Solar Thermal• Wind Energy

• Energy Economics and Policy• Energy Efficiency• Energy and Security• Energy for Development• Energy-Water Nexus• Energy Regulation and Governance• Energy Sociology and Risk• Sustainable Transport

Highlights

Energy Update


Finkel Review Explained

• Symposium into the Nuclear Fuel Cycle


Highlights

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Launch of ACT Renewables Innovation Hub

Martin Keller – NREL Director: The US Energy Transition


Highlights

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MOU: ECI – Taiwan Industrial Technology Research Institute


Awards

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Awards

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• $8m program (ACT REIF $4m + $1m, ANU $1m)

• Selected international research leader who subsequently declined

• Commenced a new targeted search process and employed KPMG

• Appointed interim Director Prof Tony Vassallo, Sydney University @ 0.2 FTE to oversee startup

• Commence search for level B/C postdocs


Battery Storage and Integration


EducationKylie Catchpole, education convenorJames Prest, incoming MEnCh convenorIgor Skryabin, business development

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ECI Master of Energy Change

• Multidisciplinary (engineering, physics, law, economics, climate science, policy of energy change)

• Research led teaching drawing on ANU expertise

• Offered since first semester 2012:– Now 25 enrolments (up from 17 last year)– Half from overseas (with focus on Asian region)– 4 students graduating in 2017 (up 2 from in 2016)– Continuing flow of applications


ECI Master of Energy Change


“Ram now works at a Canberra-basedenergy consultancy”

Lily Dempster

ECI Master of Energy ChangeOutlook

- Addition of Business and Internship subjects

- Exchange agreement with EP Paris



Business Development

Igor Skryabin, Business Development Manager

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Energy Masterclass for senior defence personnel

• Energy Futures• Disruptive Energy Technologies• Strategy of Energy


Professional Short Course - DoD

ECI Team• Professor Ken Baldwin• Professor Roger Bradbury • Professor Admiral Chris Barrie• Dr Colin Jackson• Dr John Pye• Dr Igor Skryabin - convenor• Dr Matthew Stocks

1 day,13 attendants incl. from from Dept of Environment and Attorney General Scores: 3.5-4.5“excellent discussion sessions”

30 Future Leaders from Indonesia and Australia

ECI Team:• Professor Andrew Blakers• Simon Corbell


Professional Short Course - AIC

100% Renewable Electricity

Australia Award South and West Asia funded program

• Energy Storage and Integration

• Variable Energy sources• Base load energy

sources.


Professional Short Course AASWA26 energy professionals from Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan & Sri Lanka

ECI Presenters• Professor Ken Baldwin • Dr. Matt Stocks• Prof. Quentin Grafton• Dr James Prest


Australia-Kazakhstan Energy Forum

• Funded by DFAT• Organised by ECI• Links to Nazarbaev University and

Ministry of Energy Kazakhstan

Energy for the Future

Dr Skryabin moderated an Energy Expo session “the Challenges of New Time”.

Australia-Indonesia Centre


• The Australia-Indonesia Centre is a joint research venture between the two countries, with the ECI co-leading the Energy research cluster

• ~$2M Energy Research Program with more than $0.5M allocated to ANU researchers

• Progress Milestones : 3 Strategic Research Projects (2 lead by ANU)• Completion of Tactical Research Projects• APEC Projec granted: “Integrated energy system planning for equitable access

to sustainable energy for remote communities in the APEC regions using North Sulawesi as a pilot project/test bed”

• Publication of reports, including: “Sumba Iconic Island Report: Turning alternative renewables into reality in Indonesia”

• Planning of AIC Stage 2

2017 Highlights

Hydrogen Project

• To utilise $1.2M Union Fenosa contribution for renewable

energy power to gas project.

• Partners: ANU Energy Change Institute, ActewAGL

Distribution, Siemens…

• 2017 Project at ANU : Scoping the opportunities for an

integrated gas-electricity regional network

• 2017 EDL & Dept of Industry: Regulatory and Policy

Reform to facilitate existing biogas injection technology

into gas distribution networks – College of law + RSPE



Outreach

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Sarah Wilson, Communications Manager

Communication channels

Digital communications

- Website- E-newsletter - Social media – Twitter and Facebook- ANU networks- MEnCh marketing - video

Media relations

- ECI commentary on issues and events –media releases

- Pitch thought leadership / opinion pieces to media

- Pitch media interviews around key events

Target policy community directly

- Promote short courses- Policy submissions- Tailored briefings

Events

- Regular ECI seminars, roundtables & public lectures

- Timely events eg Finkel Review Explained- ECI Open Day and ANU Energy Update

Success measures: Website visitation, database size, email open rates, social media followers, event attendance, quality and coverage of media coverage, access to policy

stakeholders, ultimately consideration of energy change research in public policy


Media coverage

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Media generated by ECI Executive for the 291 days between 1 Jan and 18 Oct 2017 reached a total audience of more than 14.5 million people

(Isentia Media Monitoring).Increase of 400,000 people per month on 2016 figures.

ECI Exec Media Type Breakdown – Volume

TV

AM Radio

FM Radio

Magazine

Newspaper

Online News

• More than 4,000 people receive our regular email updates (up 30% from 2016)

• Diverse audiences: Government, industry, ANU staff, students, diplomatic and general community

• High attendance levels at ECI (and CCI) events• Partnerships e.g.:

– US Embassy – Public lecture, US Energy Transition– Swiss Embassy – EU Experts Roundtable– Australian Institute of Energy – Energy Conversations– ACT Government – Renewables Innovation Hub

Building our reach within ACT community

Renewables will be cheaper than

coal in the future. Here are the

numbersProf Ken Baldwin

To avoid crisis, the gas market needs a steady

steer, not an emergency swerve

Prof Andrew Hopkins

ANU finds 22,000 potential pumped hydro sites in

AustraliaProf Andrew Blakers, Dr

Matthew Stocks & Mr Bin Lu

Power crisis demands apolitical

leadershipHonorary Professor

John Hewson

The true cost of keeping the

Liddell power plant open

Prof Frank Jotzoand Zeba Anjum, PhD candidate


Public Policy

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Government submissions• Senate Select Committee into the Resilience of

Electricity Infrastructure in a Warming World• Independent (Finkel) Review into the Future

Security of the National Electricity Market• Parliamentary Standing Committee on the

Environment and Energy Inquiry into ModernisingAustralia’s Electricity Grid

• Review of Climate Change Policies Discussion Paper

• Senate Inquiry on the Implications of Climate Change for Australia’s National Security


Individual Contributions



ANU EnergyMaster Plan

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ANU Energy Master Plan• $650K approved for EMP

• Consultants shortlisted – November start

• 400kW PV ‘sliver’ cells installed

• ECI and Facilities & Services in expert partnership to advise consultants

• Completion mid-2018



ERICA

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Energy Research Institutes Council for Australia

University-based research institutes at:• Adelaide• ANU• Melbourne• Monash• NSW• Queensland• Sydney

ERICA

ERICA will provide:1. collective national capacity across a broad spectrum of cutting-edge energy research, in both specialised and inter-disciplinary fields

2. high-level advice to government based on energy policy research

3. an over-the-horizon perspective on future energy opportunities and challenges that can only be informed by cutting-edge research

4. a research touch point for industry and government on energy issues of national and international significance.

Terms of Reference

• Engage with Mission Innovation (aim to double RE R&D spend by 2020 based on 2005 $108m)

• Provide research-led advice to the AEMO Advisory Board (via Michael Brear, MEI)

• Establish an Energy Research Conference

• Contribute to government reviews

Agendas


Outlook

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Outlook

• Grand Challenge outcome known this Friday

• Recruit research leader and commence Battery Storage and Integration Program

• Engage with ERICA to contribute to national agenda

• Continue engagement with the ACT Government viathe Renewables Innovation Hub

• Prepare phase 2 of the Australia-Indonesia Centre

• Contribute to the ANU Energy Master Plan

• OSA Light, Energy and Environment Congress in Singapore, October 2018

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Energy Update/Solar Oration

ANUEnergy Change Institute

Thank you !

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