Science, Technology, Environment & Resources - Internet Resources

Minerals and Energy

General

• Geoscience Australia
• Mining and Exploration - Australia and New Guinea
• Minerals Links page - a selected set of links to resources relating to the mining industry
• Renewable Energy Atlas of Australia - an online tool that shows Australia's renewable energy resources.

Government Organisations

• Australian Bureau of Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE) provides economic policy analysis and forecasts in order to enhance the competitiveness and sustainability of Australia's primary and manufacturing industries.
• Bureau of Rural Sciences (BRS) provides scientific advice to government in support of more profitable, competitive and sustainable, Australian agricultural, food, fisheries and forestry industries and enhancing the natural resource base to achieve greater national wealth and stronger rural and regional communities.
• British Geological Survey
• Geological Survey of Canada - Commission gologique du Canada
• South African Department of Minerals and Energy
• United States Geological Survey Home Page

State Geological Surveys

• NSW Department of Primary Industries - Mineral Resources - Home
• NT Department Business, Industry and Resource Development - Minerals and Energy
• Natural Resources and Mines - Exploration, mining and petroleum in Queensland
• Mineral Resources Tasmania
• Department of Primary Industries, Minerals and Petroleum (Victoria)
• Department Industries and Resources - Minerals and Petroleum (Western Australia)

National Mineral and Energy Bodies

• Australian Institute of Energy
• ALPGA - Promoting the development and growth of the LP Gas Industry in Australia
• Australian Gas Association
• APPEA - Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association
• Minerals Council of Australia Includes useful links to Organisations, State and Federal Government Departments.

Mining and Energy Companies

• Australian Mining/Exploration Companies - Profiles

Energy (National & International)

• Energy - WWW Virtual Library This powerful, on-line, searchable database of more than 2500 energy efficiency and renewable energy annotated Web links
• Energy Information Links on the WWW Energy and Statistical Information on the Web 
• EnergyFiles - Energy, Science, and Technology Information Collections and Web Sites - U.S. Department of Energy
• Energy Information Administration (United States Department of Energy)
• International Energy Agency (IEA)
• Platts Global Energy
• Statistical Review of World Energy 2006

Petroleum and Gas

• Australian Institute Of Petroleum (AIP)
• Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas
• APPEA - Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association
• BP Australia
• Caltex Australia
• Mobil Australia Pty Ltd
• Santos Limited - Australia's Largest Onshore Oil And Gas Company
• Shell The Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies
• Woodside Petroleum

Electricity

• Electricity Supply Association of Australia (ESAA) site includes links to the Australian electricity industry.
• National Electricity Market Management Company (NEMMCO)
• National Electricity Code Administrator (NECA)

Coal

• Australian Coal Association Research Program
• Australian Coal Industry
• World Coal Institute

Nuclear

• CERN -- European Organization for Nuclear Research
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
• List of WWW Nuclear Resources
• UIC - Uranium & Nuclear Power Information Centre, Australia

Renewable

• The Australian Renewable Energy Website
• Renewable Energy Atlas of Australia - an interactive Atlas of Australia that provides information on Australia’s Renewable Energy Resources.
• Energetech Energetech’s founder, Dr. Tom Denniss, has developed a new and commercially efficient system for extracting energy from ocean waves and converting it to electricity.
• Renewable Energy Policy Project Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology (CREST).
• International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) - founded on 26 January 2009 and mandated by Governments worlwide it aims to promote the use of renewable energy worldwide. On 19 May 2009 it was announced that Australia will join IRENA.

Alternative Fuels

• Alternative Fuels Data Center
• The Alternative-fuel Vehicle Directory
• Australian Electric Vehicle Association, Inc.

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