Geothermal Centre for Excellence ushers in new era of energy research

Dec 3, 2009

Minister for Mines and Petroleum, Norman Moore, today announced the official opening of the Geothermal Centre for Excellence, taking the State a step closer to an energy-secure future.

The centre, based at The University of Western Australia, aimed to improve geological understanding of, and the ability to harness, WA's geothermal fields.

It would also provide world-class geothermal training for students and develop local solutions for WA's energy sector.

Mr Moore said the State Government had contributed $2.3 million to establish the centre which was already researching exciting geothermal applications.

The WA Geothermal Centre of Excellence is a scientific collaboration of CSIRO, The University of Western Australia and Curtin University of Technology.

The official opening ceremony was held at Scitech's Horizon planetarium.

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