Currently 3.2% of the 10,000 Megawatts (MW) of electricity generated in the state comes from renewable sources. Renewable energy can be harnessed from a number of sources in Queensland. The most significant of these is biomass, primarily bagasse or sugar cane waste. This fact sheet explores in detail these renewable energy sources.

These items are made by mining and processing minerals into metals and other materials.This fact sheet looks at the underground mining process and the technology used to extract these minerals from the earth. The affects of mining on the environment and methods used to rehabilitate underground mines after mining are also included.

These items are made by mining and processing minerals into metals and other materials.This fact sheet looks at the open-cut mining process, used to extract these minerals from the earth; its affect on the environment and methods used to rehabilitate open-cut mines after mining.

Interactive detailing the mining and processing of copper, including the chemistry. Interactive balancing equation activities included for junior and senior students.Students interact with the major steps involved in copper processing. Includes animations, supporting fact sheets, and an interactive balancing chemical equations challenge. Great for general science and chemistry teachers.

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies enable carbon dioxide (CO2) produced from the burning of coal to be captured and stored rather than emitted into the atmosphere. Find out more about carbon capture and storage in this fact sheet, including how it is captured and seperated and what is happening in Australia around this technology.

Once the coal is fully processed and ready for use, it must be taken to the customers who have ordered it. This fact sheet discusses the ways in which the coal is transported.

Copper is a metal which is mined from the earth and used for a number of different purposes. It was formed as a result of volcanic activity which resulted in large masses of molten rock and hot water cooling and then solidifying into copper crystals. This fact sheet provides an overview of copper and its uses, how it is mined and processed and the rehabilitation process post mining.

This PowerPoint examines the properties and uses of copper, how it is mined, separated from the ore and processed into copper metal.

This PowerPoint provides an overview of coal and its uses. Includes how coal was formed, location of coal deposits in Australia, how coal is mined and how the land is rehabilitated after coal mining. The notes section of the PowerPoint includes background information on the slides.

Solar is one form of renewable energy. Solar power can be used in two different ways as a heat source and as an electricity source. This fact sheet looks at solar thermal, solar gas, photovoltaic systems, and the solar energy industry in Queensland.