Fact sheets
Get the facts on a range of key energy transition topics and questions.
CIET’s series of fact sheets provide accessible and trustworthy scientific information about the energy transition. If you have suggestions for a factsheet topic, please contact us at ciet@curtin.edu.au
Hydrogen
Hydrogen can be used as a fuel as an alternative to natural gas for heating, cooking, generating electricity and transport.
EXPLAINER: Firming renewables
To firm renewables is to convert this cheap but variable source of power into a reliable supply of electricity, there when we need it.
Transmission infrastrcture
Transmission infrastructure is the high-voltage network of physical parts that transports electricity from the
point of generation to transmission substations.
Renewable energy cooperatives
Renewable Energy Cooperatives (RECs) are initiatives that enable citizens to take charge in implementing
alternative ways of supplying their energy.
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