The University of Queensland (UQ) is working on the world’s first Future Lab for Green Hydrogen with a global consortium of sustainable energy experts.
The Future Lab, led by the Technical University of Munich (TUM), one of UQ’s flagship institutional partners, aims to lay the groundwork for a future hydrogen-based circular economy.
The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research has provided a multi-million-euro grant to the Lab in order to attract world-class scientists, including Professor Peta Ashworth OAM, a globally recognized sustainable energy expert.
Professor Ashworth, who also chairs Queensland’s new Hydrogen Taskforce, said the collaboration demonstrates a growing international recognition that a strong hydrogen economy is critical to a sustainable energy future.
Experts from Brazil, Germany, Italy, Canada, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, the United States, and the United Kingdom are collaborating on the study with UQ and TUM.
Both UQ and TUM are dedicated to the development of sustainable energy systems, and they share a vision of achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), combating climate change, and positively shaping global societies and economies.
UQ is a founding member of the Global Bioeconomy Alliance, which was founded in 2018 and is one of Australia’s leading bioeconomy research universities.
