The ARC Research Hub Director for Integrated Energy Storage Solutions, Professor Joe Dong, was named as a finalist for the prestigious Global Energy Prize, 2020.
Cited by pv magazine as the 'Grid Guru', Professor Joe Dong was named a finalist for his outstanding and sustained contribution to the operation, control and cyber security of smart power grids and the electric power industry.
The prestigious annual prize is awarded for outstanding achievements in research and technology, and is designed to address some of the world's most pressing energy challenges.
Dr Rahman Daiyan and Dr Emma Lovell have developed a new process with a cheap and abundant zinc oxide catalyst that can transform waste carbon dioxide to syngas - a building block for creating diesel, methanol, alcohol or plastics, all high demand feed-stock for industry.