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Text: Securing global wind assets. Image: Wind turbines. Photo from iStockphoto/Jane Waterbury.
Renewables – energy for the future

CSIRO research in renewable energy aims to develop the underlying science and next generation technologies for energy production.

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Windlab Systems Pty Ltd: securing global wind assets

Building on the success of CSIRO’s atmospheric modelling technology, Windlab Systems was formed in 2003 and now operates as a private company. The company continues to prosper as concern about climate change has prompted growth in renewable energies.

 Two people in a field reading a chart.
 
Hydrogen Energy
 

CSIRO has scientific capabilities and skills critical for progress towards the hydrogen economy, which may offer a path to a sustainable energy future for Australia.

Dr Sukhvinder Badwal of CSIRO Energy Technology displays a hydrogen-powered micro fuel cell.
Solar Energy
 

CSIRO is undertaking a broad solar research program to facilitate a transition to increased reliance on renewables based energy supplies in the future.

A crane adds another piece to the solar tower which sits behind the large mirrors of the Solar Centre.
Wind Energy
 

We are improving the forecasting of wind energy, developing innovative applications of storage technologies, smoothing out the variable output from wind farms, increasing powerline carrying capacity and reducing the need for alternative fast-response backup services.

Wind turbine.
Biofuels
 

CSIRO's Alternative Transport Fuels team is exploring the feasibility and possible impacts of alternative fuels for Australia's road transport.

Sugar cane bordering a water course