Roger Dargaville

Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Monash University Roger.Dargaville@monash.edu

Core expertise

Renewable energy
Energy systems
Climate change
Carbon emissions
Global carbon life cycle science
Stratospheric ozone depletion

Biography

Roger is a senior lecturer and researcher in renewable energy at Monash's Department of Civil Engineering. He's an expert in energy systems and climate change. He's conducted research in global carbon cycle science, simulating the emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil fuel and exchanges between the atmosphere, land and oceans as well as stratospheric ozone depletion.
Roger leads a research group of PhD students working on a diverse range of energy-related topics, including disruptive business models in the energy space, life cycle analysis and energy return on investment, optimised transmission systems and small-scale bioenergy projects.

articles

Keeping gas in Australia’s energy mix makes sense

Gas-fired power plants can keep energy reliable and affordable – but they should be used only when absolutely necessary.

Engineering

Southeast Asia’s energy security challenge

How can its energy systems transition to become climate-smart, to withstand extreme weather, while also protecting social and economic priorities?

Sustainability

Nuclear cooling towers against a blue sky

Nuclear power: How would it affect electricity prices for households and industry?

If a future Coalition government was to bring nuclear into the mix, energy costs for residential and, especially, industrial customers would likely increase.

Engineering

Major blackout leaves 500,000 Victorians without power

The event has prompted questions about the reliability of the state’s electricity grid. But it’s important to note these extreme winds would have seriously disrupted any power system.

Technology and engineering

Going north: Exporting renewable energy

Australia’s enormous renewable energy resources could be the perfect match to meet the relative dearth of renewable energy and zero-carbon power fuels in the boreal winter.

Engineering

The silhouette of the high voltage power lines during sunset.

This energy crisis hasn’t come out of nowhere

Five key policy moments have contributed to the power crisis engulfing Australia.

Engineering