University of Queensland
The University of Queensland (UQ) is ranked in the top 100 universities world-wide and is a founding member of the national Group of Eight and member of the global Universities 21 Alliance. UQ has a diverse and rich energy research portfolio covering topics as diverse as transforming traditional energy technologies and systems, renewable and alternative energy technologies and new concepts and emerging solutions through to allied programs in social change and the economic and environmental impact of the new energy era. Significant joint and collaborative research centres associated with the university include:
- The UQ Energy Initiative
- Global Change Institute (GCI)
- Sustainable Management Alliance in Research and Training (SMART)
- Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) and
- Queensland Geothermal Energy Centre of Excellence


