ANU Solar Oration 2026 - Out of gas: managing the decline of gas in Australia.

Please join us for the ANU Solar Oration 2026, "Out of gas: managing the decline of gas in Australia." delivered by Alison Reeve. 

For more than a century, gas has been deeply enmeshed in the Australian economy. It heats our homes and cooks our food, generates electricity, fuels industry, and brings in export income.

But in the past decade, this has started to change. As Australian households and businesses search for cheaper, cleaner, and more efficient fuels, they are using less gas. And yet, the use of gas will need to decline even faster to meet emissions-reduction targets. 

The energy transition is also a transition for gas – from a widespread fuel to one that occupies some vital but small niches in a mostly-electrified economy.

Please join us from 5.30pm for networking and nibbles before the Oration commences at 6.00pm.

About the speaker: Alison Reeve is the Energy and Climate Change Program Director at Grattan Institute and is a Visiting Fellow at the ANU Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions. She has two decades of experience in climate change, clean energy policy, and technology, in the private, public, academic, and not-for-profit sectors.