Dr Bjorn Sturmberg’s research aims to have immediate, real-world impacts to accelerate the transition to clean energy. Image: Crystal Li, ANU
12 August 2024
In brief:
- The 2024 ACT Emerging Scientist of the Year Award has been awarded to Dr Bjorn Sturmberg.
- Dr Sturmberg is a clean energy technology scientist and a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian National University.
- His research focuses on electric vehicles, batteries and solar technology.
Clean energy technology scientist Dr Bjorn Sturmberg has been awarded the 2024 ACT Emerging Scientist of the Year Award. His important work explores how electric vehicles and batteries can integrate with the power grid.
Dr Sturmberg is a Senior Research Fellow in the Battery Storage and Grid Integration Program at The Australian National University. He works on research, development, demonstration, and commercialisation of low carbon electricity and transport systems.
“I'm honoured to be the ACT Emerging Scientist of the Year and to represent the world leading clean energy research and development taking place at ANU and across the Territory,” Dr Sturmberg said.
“The ACT Government has been leading the transition to a zero emissions economy for decades. This includes supporting the creation of the Battery Storage and Grid Integration Program at ANU, which brought me to Canberra.”
Dr Sturmberg also expressed his gratitude to the Canberra organisations whose partnerships enabled his research, including:
- the ACT Government
- ActewAGL
- Evoenergy
- ITP Renewables
- Zepben.
“Together, the ACT is making invaluable investments for a safe climate and prosperous zero emissions economy in our Territory, country and planet.”
Dr Sturmberg’s innovative research looks at how the efficiency and cost competitiveness of solar technology can be improved. He led the first retrofit of an Australian apartment complex into a solar and battery-powered microgrid. Through this project he realised the socio-economic barriers to decarbonisation and their impacts on social equity.
His research aims to have immediate, real-world impacts to accelerate the transition to clean energy. It also aims to steer this transition towards fairer and more equitable outcomes.
This body of work will assist the ACT in continuing as a global leader in climate change action. The ACT has already become the first region in the southern hemisphere to achieve 100 per cent electricity generation from renewable sources.
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