Join us for a discussion with Professor Douglas Macfarlane. This webinar will discuss recent developments that are opening up the prospect of ammonia becoming a key zero-carbon fuel. Able to be substituted for fossil fuels in most engines and processes, ammonia can be produced from renewables and is routinely transported globally. While being cognisant of the manageable risks, Australia in particular has enormous potential to generate renewable ammonia as an export commodity. This allows us envisage a realistic roadmap towards an “Ammonia Economy”.
Meet the host
Dr. Roger Dargaville
Deputy Director, Monash Energy Institute.
Dr. Roger Dargaville is an expert in energy systems and climate change. He specialises in large-scale electrical energy system transition optimisation, searching for optimised mixes of renewable and conventional generation technologies, transmission networks and storage systems. As well as established storage technologies such as pumped hydro and lithium-ion batteries, Roger researches the viability of novel energy storage technologies such as seawater pumped hydro and liquid air energy storage. Previously he has conducted research in global carbon cycle science, tracing the emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil fuel and the exchanges between the atmosphere, land, and oceans.
Meet the speakers
Professor Douglas Macfarlane
Head of the Energy Program in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACEs)
Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor, School of Chemistry
Professor Douglas Macfarlane is head of the Energy Program in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science. He is currently researching materials that will enable new pathways to generate energy and fuel from sustainable resources (e.g. the sun) and materials that are currently waste or pollutants (e.g. CO2 gas). One of his main focus areas within ACES is the generation of ‘Solar Fuels’ from nothing more than CO2, water, and sunlight
