Changlong Wang

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May 5, 2026

Can Australia green its heavy industry? It’s hard – but necessary

Changlong Wang, Monash University and Rahman Daiyan, UNSW

It’s now technically possible to green many heavy industries. The challenge is doing it at scale.

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February 21, 2025

The promise of green iron, steel and ammonia is keeping the green hydrogen dream alive

Changlong Wang, Monash University and Stuart Walsh, Monash University

With the right leadership, Australia can turn green hydrogen’s stumbles into a global triumph for heavy industry.

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May 26, 2023

Picture this: green hydrogen plants next to green steelworks to boost efficiency and kickstart both industries

Changlong Wang, Monash University; Andrew Feitz, Geoscience Australia; Marcus Haynes, Geoscience Australia; Stuart Walsh, Monash University, and Zhehan Weng, Geoscience Australia

If we put green hydrogen plants next to green iron and steelmaking, we can clean up steelmaking and boost the hydrogen industry.

Hydrogen infrastructure in the right places is key to a cleaner, cheaper energy future. ARENA

November 21, 2019

Enough ambition (and hydrogen) could get Australia to 200% renewable energy

Scott Hamilton, The University of Melbourne; Changlong Wang, The University of Melbourne; Falko Ueckerdt, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, and Roger Dargaville, Monash University

Australia can become a renewable energy exporting superpower, but timidity won’t get us there.

In the absence of federal policy, states are pursing their own renewable targets. Karsten Würth/Unsplash

August 22, 2019

We need a national renewables approach, or some states – like NSW – will miss out

Scott Hamilton, The University of Melbourne; Changlong Wang, The University of Melbourne, and Roger Dargaville, Monash University

State renewable energy targets have been driving energy investment in Australia. ‘Where and when’ the generation and transmission build occurs varies substantially under a national approach.

Northwest Australia has some of the world’s best conditions for solar and wind energy production. PR Handout Image/AAP

December 4, 2018

Making Australia a renewable energy exporting superpower

Roger Dargaville, Monash University; Changlong Wang, The University of Melbourne, and Scott Hamilton

An energy transmission network between Australia and Indonesia could help both nations achieve 100% renewable electricity by 2050.

BP’s energy outlook would make it difficult to keep warming below 2C. EPA/BERND THISSEN

March 31, 2015

BP’s extreme climate forecast puts energy giant in a bind

Roger Dargaville, The University of Melbourne; Annabelle Workman, The University of Melbourne; Changlong Wang, The University of Melbourne; Dimitri Lafleur, The University of Melbourne; Dylan McConnell, The University of Melbourne; Martin Wainstein, The University of Melbourne, and Ryan Alexander, The University of Melbourne

BP’s Energy Outlook report forecast an increase in fossil fuel use by a third. That would make it difficult to keep warming below 2C.

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