Adelaide Advertiser
Thursday 19/3/2009 Page: 25
Adelaide will become the logical global centre for renewable energy policy and research after the launch of a new university campus, focusing on energy and resources. University College London yesterday opened its first overseas campus in its 180-year history, making it the highest ranked university to do so. Vice-provost Michael Worton and Santos boss David Knox said the School of Energy and Resources would be pivotal in developing the sector's future skills base.
Professor Worton said the multi-disciplinary school, which will deliver postgraduate degrees from 2010 and professional education courses from August, would strengthen and unite the academic and industry expertise in SA. "The world needs a Davos (the Swiss city which hosts the annual World Economic Forum) of energy policy. There is a vacuum here. The world needs to have a place where we come to talk about energy policy - why not in Adelaide?" he said.
Santos chief executive officer Mr Knox said the collaborative school would be key in helping secure energy supply and a lower carbon future here and in Asia. Premier Mike Rann said the campus was a "perfect fit" for SA's ambition to become the second biggest producer of renewable energy after Denmark.
The school has been set up in partnership with Santos, which has put $10 million towards research, scholarship and the professorial chair. The centre in the Torrens building (with Carnegie Corporation, Mellon University and Cranfield University) will be headed by Curtin University's Professor of Energy Economics Tony Owen.
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