Lab for Energy & Environment in the Asia-Pacific (LEEAP)

Responding to climate change requires deploying low-carbon technologies rapidly and at scale while reducing emissions from technologies currently used to meet the bulk of global energy demand.

At the same time, the characteristics of technologies used to supply energy services globally differ markedly, and this has important implications for the structure of supply chains used to produce them, the pace of deployment, and other factors. At LEEAP we adopt a technology-specific approach to describing and analysing the low-carbon energy transition. Our approach is explicitly problem-driven: we ask questions about particular technologies, and set about answering these questions using a variety of techniques and information. We are particularly interested in the creation of competitive advantage in low carbon technologies through policy, with an analytic focus on interdependence and geographic focus on the Asia-Pacific.

Our research and outreach has been supported by the European Commission Strategic Partnership for the Implementation of the Paris Agreement (SPIPA), the Commonwealth Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Commonwealth Department of Defence, and the Australian Research Council. Get in touch if you’d like to discuss working together.

Offshore Wind in the Asia Pacific

Offshore wind has been proposed as a key technology option for decarbonising energy systems in the Asia-Pacific region. We are examining various aspects of offshore wind development and deployment regionally and globally

Coal Phase-out

In this workstream we are examining various aspects of coal power generation phase-out in the Asia-Pacific region. Technology options examined include ammonia co-combustion and CCS/CCUS.

Energy Transition Policies

Cross-cutting work that looks at different aspects of policies supporting the low-carbon energy transition.