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Future Fuels CRC’s final annual Research Seminar delivers in Sydney

June 19, 2025

Many thanks to all our participants who joined our final annual Research Seminar on 19 June, both online and in-person in Sydney. The seminar was a great way to meet our community face-to-face and discuss the latest research created across our three programs. A recording is now available in the Members Area for any participant who could not attend, giving you full access to the presentations and Q&A.

Many thanks for all our presenters for sharing their latest research:

Delivering on our mission to enable the decarbonisation of Australia’s energy networks
David Norman, CEO Future Fuels CRC

Introducing Gas Infrastructure Research Australia: the future of industry research
Doug Proud, Research Manager GIRA

Our commercialisation legacy – how Future Fuels CRC has advanced novel technologies
Jeremy Harris, Research Manager Future Fuels CRC

Joint Technical Meeting report – our Phds report on the latest news from this June’s San Deigo event for global pipeline specialists.
Tariq Uddin, University of Wollongong
Nithin Vattappara, Deakin University
Fahad Chowdhury, University of Queensland

Program 1 Achievements during the CRC
Benjy Lee, Program 1 Coordinator

Our Appliances research on hydrogen and blends (RP1.4-08 and RP1.4-09)
Neil Smith, University of Adelaide

Biomethane: developing production viability through techno-economics (RP1.2-06)
Sam Culley and Holger Maier, University of Adelaide

Biomethane injection into the gas network: impact of impurities on the performance of end-use appliances (RP1.4-07)
Mohsen Talei, University of Melbourne

Methanation: Realising the potential of renewable gas through hydrogen methanation (RP1.2-07)
Pavel Panek, University of Melbourne

Program 2 Achievements during the CRC
Carol Bond, Program 2 Coordinator

Understanding householder electricity and gas practices (RP2.1-10)
Dr Pabasara Wijeratne, RMIT University

Social License for Hydrogen – a series of ground-breaking studies
Kathy Witt, university of Queensland

Program 3 Achievements during the CRC
Doug Proud, Research Manager GIRA

Pipeline tensile strain capacity and weld strength matching (RP3.2-05)
Decompression behaviour – Shock Tube Testing (RP3.2-02)
Cheng Lu, University of Wollongong
Guillaume Michal, APA Group

Hydrogen in Pipelines HiSAFE(TI) Lab – latest research and test results (RP3.1-12)
Bradley Davis, Rosen