ANU Centre for Energy Systems

The ANU Centre for Energy Systems (ACES) brings together pioneering experts in clean energy research, with a mission to accelerate economy-wide decarbonisation and limit the effects of human-induced climate change. The Centre takes a holistic systems-based approach for working with uncertainty, dynamism and complexity. Established in 2024, ACES is an amalgamation of the ANU Battery Storage and Grid Integration Program (BSGIP), the ANU 100 Percent Renewable Energy Group (RE100) and other research groups within the ANU School of Engineering. The Centre draws together researchers working on key areas of energy transition including socio-techno-economic analysis, multi-energy system modelling, energy storage systems, perovskite and tandem solar cell development and green hydrogen. Diversity and equity are foundations upon which ACES was built, to this end, the Centre is co-led by two exceptional female leaders, Professor Kylie Catchpole FAA FTSE and Associate Professor Heather Logie. The Centre comprises researchers, professional staff and higher degree students with diverse industry, gender and cultural backgrounds. The Centre focuses on the real-world application of its research and works closely with industry, regulators, governments, NGOs and community and consumer groups on research, development and demonstration projects. ACES brings together leading researchers from a range of disciplines including engineering, physics, computing and the social sciences. Our researchers engage in transdisciplinary research, which is the integration of separate branches of expertise to extend fields of knowledge in the domain of energy transition. The Centre takes a comprehensive, integrated approach to understanding energy system change and transition. This means that social, technical, economic, environmental and political dimensions, questions and challenges are all regarded as important components of understanding and enabling transition.