Our Goal

To develop technologies that can reduce greenhouse gases internationally by 2% and nationally by 20% by 2030.

Who We Are

Located in the ATC Building of the University of Newcastle, Australia, the Priority Research Centre for Energy (PRCfE) brings together academics at the University of Newcastle who have research interests in the abatement of greenhouse gases, and in clean and sustainable energy production.

(The ATC Building) The PRCfE aims to provide new opportunities flowing from the interaction between industry, government agencies and university researchers interested in the growing field of clean and sustainable energy production.

The PRCfE also prides itself on the growing student involvement within the Centre, we are proud to welcome PhD students, Masters students and Undergraduates who are assisting in research and development in the Centre laboratories.

Among us are fellows of the Australian Academy of Sciences (Prof Antonia) and Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (Profs Dlugogorski, Page and Wall), and recipients of prestigious national and international awards. We all publish extensively and regularly in relevant, mainstream and top-ranked journals, and have a record of innovation. Among us is one of the most cited engineers in the world (Prof Antonia). Most of us possess extensive industry networks and draw substantial industry and targeted government support for our research. Most of us derive part of our research funding from the prestigious Discovery Project funding of the Australian Research Council.

Our Research Programs

Clean Coal Technologies

Oxyfuel, chemical looping, CO2 capture, fundamentals of turbulent combustion

Renewable Energy Systems

Wind, Geothermal, Biomass

Transportation Fuels and Energy Conversion

Ammonia, Methanol and Hydrogen as energy carriers

Energy and Environment

Energy efficient contaminated soil treatment, energy efficient housing, sustainable and integrated waste processing/utilisation with energy recovery and generation, industrial ecology, sustainability principles, energy minimisation and recovery, environmental repair and pollution abatement

Centre Capabilities

Come and view our Capability Statements, also available in a Chinese Publication

TOMORROW'S GREENHOUSE GAS SOLUTIONS BEGIN TODAY
News In Brief

For information about our upcoming Seminars, please use this link

Kim Carr Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research toured the PRCfE on the 28th of July (more)

Robert Katter Member for Kennedy, Intertech Systems and other industry groups visited the PRCfE on the 21st of July (more)

The PRCfE hosted a seminar on the 23rd of July by members of the Korean Electric Power Research Institute (more)

Upcoming Conference:

The PRCfE is proud to support Chemeca, a conference showcasing new development in chemical engineering and chemical process research from both industry and acadamia.
Chemeca will be held in Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle, Australia from the 28 September - 1 October 2008
For more information please visit
www.chemeca2008.com/ 
                                                           

Contact Us:

Professor Bogdan Dlugogorski
Director
Priority Research Centre for Energy
Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment
The University of Newcastle
Callaghan, NSW, Australia 2308
T + 61 2 49216176
F + 61 2 49216920

 Bogdan.Dlugogorski@newcastle.edu.au


Tanya Shanley
Centre Co-ordinator
Priority Research Centre for Energy
ATC Building
Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment
The University of Newcastle
Callaghan, NSW, Australia 2308
T + 61 2 49854455
F + 61 2 49216893

Tanya.Shanley@newcastle.edu.au