A team of researchers from the Australian National University (ANU) is on a mission to work out exactly how the ACT Government can arrive at its vision for net-zero emissions by 2045.

Headed by Dr Bin Lu and Associate Professor Marnie Shaw from the ANU College of Engineering, Computing and Cybernetics, the year-long project will look at how much energy the region will need and where it could come from to make up for the shortfall in fossil fuels.

Dr Lu says the recommendations to the government will be intensely practical and focused.

“We will do the research suburb by suburb to understand the geographic distribution of our energy resources.”

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