Official sources, connected repos and research notes used to scaffold this first clean energy atlas.
Source posture
This first draft uses official and technical sources to keep the energy conversation grounded. It also links companion repos because style, nav, builders and local framing came from the existing ecosystem.
Local draft
Working concept fuel only. Adds wave and tidal options, solar resource framing, sand batteries, vanadium flow batteries, salt-gradient questions, oyster-crete reefs, sovereign wealth fund architecture, token questions and a source-trail habit. Local source name: Straddie_Sovereign_Wealth_Fund_&_Civilisation_of_Sand_Research_Brief.md
Public and technical sources
Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads
Grounds the ferry gateway as a real public infrastructure node before any energy lab claim gets too abstract. Source: https://www.yoursay-projects.tmr.qld.gov.au/dunwich-gumpi-ferry-terminal-upgrade
Open sourceClean Energy Regulator
Provides the public data trail for rooftop solar and newer solar-battery postcode checks. Source: https://cer.gov.au/markets/reports-and-data/small-scale-installation-postcode-data
Open sourceQueensland Government
Keeps home solar and battery guidance tied to practical household, electrical and network questions. Source: https://www.qld.gov.au/housing/buying-owning-home/energy-water-home/solar
Open sourceQueensland Government
Clarifies that South East Queensland feed-in tariffs are market offers and that regional customers have a separate regulated pathway. Source: https://www.qld.gov.au/housing/buying-owning-home/energy-water-home/solar/feed-in-tariffs
Open sourceErgon Energy Retail
Provides a current Queensland reference point for why exported solar value can be much lower than the value of useful local consumption. Source: https://www.ergon.com.au/retail/residential/tariffs-and-prices/solar-feed-in-tariff
Open sourceAustralian Government DCCEEW
Grounds neighbourhood batteries as shared storage that can lower bills, store excess solar, reduce grid pressure and help households without their own solar. Source: https://www.dcceew.gov.au/energy/renewable/community-batteries
Open sourceErgon Energy Network
Shows Queensland network batteries storing rooftop solar locally and being tested through Battery Neighbourhoods. Source: https://www.ergon.com.au/network/manage-your-energy/smarter-energy/our-network-batteries/community-batteries
Open sourceAER Energy Innovation Toolkit
Frames flexible trading, consumer energy resources, EV batteries, smart meters and multiple service providers as an emerging regulated pathway. Source: https://energyinnovationtoolkit.gov.au/article/regulatory-changes/unlocking-cer-benefits-through-flexible-trading-rule-change-final
Open sourceAEMO
Defines virtual power plants as coordinated solar, storage and controllable loads that can provide value to customers and the energy system. Source: https://www.aemo.com.au/initiatives/major-programs/nem-distributed-energy-resources-der-program/der-demonstrations/virtual-power-plant-vpp-demonstrations
Open sourceAER Energy Innovation Toolkit
Keeps VPP, community battery and network support revenue language tied to consumer obligations, telemetry, distributor agreements and uncertainty. Source: https://energyinnovationtoolkit.gov.au/regulatory-use-case-aggregation-distributed-energy-resources-through-virtual-power-plant
Open sourceQueensland Department of Transport and Main Roads
Connects island EV-charging questions to Queensland's public fast-charging network and transport planning context. Source: https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/community-and-environment/electric-vehicles/queenslands-electric-super-highway
Open sourcePowerledger
Provides an industry reference for blockchain-based tracking, tracing and trading of renewable energy. Source: https://powerledger.io/
Open sourcePowerledger
Supplies a non-government example of peer-to-peer energy trading claims, useful only as a prompt for questions about retailer, utility, price and consumer-law design. Source: https://powerledger.io/media/everything-you-want-to-know-about-peer-to-peer-energy-trading/
Open sourceARENA
Supports solar heat and thermal storage as a serious option, while keeping scale and cost questions visible. Source: https://arena.gov.au/renewable-energy/concentrated-solar-thermal/
Open sourceARENA / CSIRO
Shows that high-temperature solar thermal storage has an Australian research and demonstration trail. Source: https://arena.gov.au/projects/advanced-solar-thermal-energy-storage-technologies/
Open sourceU.S. Department of Energy
Supports sand, rock and other earth-based heat storage as a research-backed long-duration storage lane. Source: https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2023-07/Technology%20Strategy%20Assessment%20-%20Thermal%20Energy%20Storage_0.pdf
Open sourcePolar Night Energy
Provides a plain commercial reference for sand batteries as thermal storage, not magic electric batteries. Source: https://polarnightenergy.com/sand-battery/
Open sourceAustralian Government DCCEEW
Sets the national green-hydrogen context: production, use, export, community benefit and infrastructure questions. Source: https://www.dcceew.gov.au/energy/publications/australias-national-hydrogen-strategy
Open sourceCSIRO
Provides a plain science reference for hydrogen production, storage, transport, use and Australia's hydrogen opportunity. Source: https://www.csiro.au/en/research/environmental-impacts/fuels/hydrogen
Open sourceARENA
Grounds hydrogen as renewable electricity plus water electrolysis, while keeping cost, scale and end-use questions visible. Source: https://arena.gov.au/renewable-energy/hydrogen/
Open sourceCSIRO GISERA
Opens desalination brine as a resource-recovery and reuse question rather than a waste afterthought. Source: https://gisera.csiro.au/beneficial-reuse-and-disposal-options-for-brine-in-queensland/
Open sourceEnvironmental Science: Water Research & Technology / RSC
Adds a research trail for seawater and brine mineral recovery, including lithium, magnesium and other dissolved resources. Source: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2017/ew/c6ew00268d
Open sourceHealthy Land & Water
Gives the Moreton Bay water-quality context for asking what clean-energy wealth, sensors and brine research could help repair. Source: https://reportcard.hlw.org.au/
Open sourceQueensland WetlandInfo
Frames the official report-card purpose: tracking waterway health, pollutant loads, ecosystem condition and progress over time. Source: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/report-card-organisation-healthy-land-and-water/
Open sourceARENA
Shows compressed air as a serious long-duration storage pathway when geology, pressure behaviour and economics line up. Source: https://arena.gov.au/projects/hydrostor-broken-hill-advanced-compressed-air-energy-storage-demonstration/
Open sourceSandia / Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory authors
Opens the aquifer compressed-air question as a hydrology, geology, pressure and modelling topic rather than a casual slogan. Source: https://www.sandia.gov/files/ess/EESAT/2009_papers/Technical%20Feasibility%20of%20Compressed-Air%20Energy%20Storage%20in%20an%20Aquifer%20Storage%20Vessel.pdf
Open sourceARENA
Explains pumped hydro as a serious long-duration storage family based on moving water between higher and lower reservoirs. Source: https://arena.gov.au/renewable-energy/pumped-hydro-energy-storage/
Open sourceSnowy Hydro
Reference system for large pumped-hydro storage: upper and lower reservoirs, tunnels, reversible generation and long-duration grid support. Source: https://www.snowyhydro.com.au/snowy-20/about/
Open sourceCleanCo Queensland
Queensland pumped-hydro reference: water is lifted from Wivenhoe Dam to Splityard Creek Dam, then released for peak support. Source: https://cleancoqueensland.com.au/portfolio/owned-and-operated/wivenhoe-pumped-storage-hydro-power-station/
Open sourceGenex Power
Queensland reference for pairing pumped storage with renewable generation and long-duration evening supply. Source: https://genexpower.com.au/250mw-kidston-pumped-storage-hydro-project/
Open sourceQueensland Hydro
Queensland reference for proposed long-duration pumped hydro and the scale of planning behind new water-height storage. Source: https://qldhydro.com.au/projects/borumba/
Open sourceANU RE100 Group
Shows how pumped-hydro thinking can begin as open topographic screening before local informal ideas choose their own shape. Source: https://re100.eng.anu.edu.au/global/
Open sourceQueensland WetlandInfo
Grounds Straddie-style water thinking in sandmass hydrology: rapid infiltration, little overland run-off, local groundwater systems and perched lakes. Source: https://wetlandinfo.detsi.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/aquatic-ecosystems-natural/lacustrine/non-floodplain-perched-lake/hydrology.html
Open sourceNASA Earth Observatory
Adds a remote-sensing source for Straddie's sandmass, mineral-sands history and landform questions. Source: https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/saving-straddies-sand-146669/
Open sourceVortex Bladeless
Opens vortex-induced oscillation as one no-blade wind family for local energy-harvesting imagination. Source: https://vortexbladeless.com/
Open sourceAeromine Technologies
Shows rooftop edge-flow wind harvesting as a real commercial research and product pathway. Source: https://aerominetechnologies.com/
Open sourceMecanoo / Delft project
Adds electrostatic wind conversion without moving mechanical parts to the no-blade wind source trail. Source: https://www.mecanoo.nl/projects/project/61/ewicon
Open sourceSmart Shelter Foundation
Provides a plain Windbelt-style doorway into low-velocity ribbon and flutter harvesting. Source: https://smartshelterfoundation.org/collection/low-wind-energy
Open sourceScientific Reports
Supports formation-scale micro-harvesters and the idea that many small wind motions can be studied together. Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-56786-0
Open sourceWiley
Supports flutter-based wind harvesting as a research family for microelectronics and small devices. Source: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/msd2.12035
Open sourceSpringer
Adds wind-driven fluttering triboelectric films to the fractal wind-harvesting source trail. Source: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40486-025-00224-6
Open sourceJohns Hopkins / Applied Physics Letters
Shows how flag geometry and aeroelastic flutter can turn low-speed wind into small electric output. Source: https://pure.johnshopkins.edu/en/publications/harvesting-ambient-wind-energy-with-an-inverted-piezoelectric-fla
Open sourceARENA
Grounds wave and tidal energy as a broad family of technologies, not one settled device type. Source: https://arena.gov.au/renewable-energy/ocean/
Open sourceU.S. Department of Energy
Keeps marine-energy language broad: waves, tides, currents, temperature gradients and many conversion pathways. Source: https://www.energy.gov/cmei/water/marine-energy-basics
Open sourceARENA / CSIRO
Supports wave-resource mapping as one doorway into the many unmapped wave and tide possibilities. Source: https://arena.gov.au/projects/australian-wave-energy-atlas/
Open sourceNREL
Adds a research trail for non-standard wave power take-off concepts, including non-air-turbine pathways. Source: https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy23osti/82807.pdf
Open sourceU.S. Department of Energy
Reference for vortex-induced vibration as a no-blade current-energy pathway inspired by how fish interact with vortices. Source: https://www.energy.gov/cmei/success-stories/articles/eere-success-story-vortex-hydro-energy-develops-transformational
Open sourceJournal of Fluid Mechanics
Supports flutter and flexible-geometry energy harvesting as a real first-principles research lane. Source: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-fluid-mechanics/article/abs/energy-harvesting-by-flowinduced-flutter-in-a-simple-model-of-an-inverted-piezoelectric-flag/37FF699E5B55E238A41F056E4A06DBDB
Open sourceTethys Engineering / PNNL
Reference for biomimetic oscillating foils as a hydrokinetic design family beyond standard turbines. Source: https://tethys-engineering.pnnl.gov/publications/analysis-biomimetic-stream-energy-device-based-flapping-foils
Open sourceNational Library of Medicine / open-access article
Opens shrimp-style appendage timing and cascading motion as geometry clues, not finished energy claims. Source: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10303694/
Open sourcePatek Lab, Duke University
Gives a public biology reference for peacock mantis shrimp mouthparts reaching about 12-23 m/s in water, fast enough to form cavitation bubbles during a strike. Source: https://pateklab.biology.duke.edu/research/mechanics-of-ultrafast-movement/mechanics-of-movement-mantis-shrimp/
Open sourceThe Boring Company
Provides the high-throughput tunnel reference point: Prufrock targets more than 1 mile of tunnel per week. Source: https://www.boringcompany.com/prufrock
Open sourceThe Boring Company
Provides the Loop-scale diameter reference: each tunnel is described as having a 12-foot internal diameter. Source: https://www.boringcompany.com/music-city-loop
Open sourceCity of Gold Coast
Australian coastal reference for Narrowneck and Palm Beach artificial reefs as erosion, beach and surf-amenity structures. Source: https://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/Environment-sustainability/Protecting-our-environment/Managing-our-beaches/Seawalls-artificial-reefs
Open sourceQueensland Government
Grounds the Snapper Rocks and southern Gold Coast sand-bank conversation in an operating sand bypass system. Source: https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/coasts-waterways/beach/tweed-river
Open sourceQueensland Government
Provides a Queensland public-source doorway for artificial reef types, locations and marine park context. Source: https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/coasts-waterways/marine-parks/artificial-reefs
Open sourceQueensland Parks
Shows artificial reef sites already operating in Moreton Bay Marine Park for habitat and recreational fishing value. Source: https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/coasts-waterways/marine-parks/artificial-reefs
Open sourceQueensland Parks
Provides reef-site scale examples including 150 cubic metres of quarried rock, reef balls, pipes, vessels, fish boxes, the 30 hectare North Stradbroke artificial reef and site footprints. Source: https://parks.qld.gov.au/parks/moreton-bay/zoning/trial_artificial_reef_program
Open sourceQueensland Parks
Shows a current Queensland example using 88 bombora structures and 80 cubic metre reef pyramid structures as patterned habitat geometry. Source: https://parks.qld.gov.au/parks/great-sandy-marine/management-and-zoning/artificial-reefs
Open sourceThe Nature Conservancy
Frames shellfish reef restoration as a national habitat, water-quality, fish and coastal community pathway. Source: https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work/asia-pacific/australia/stories-in-australia/restoring-australias-lost-shellfish-reefs/
Open sourceThe Nature Conservancy Australia
Australian oyster reef reference for restored shellfish reef benefits, including fish, water quality and biodiversity. Source: https://www.natureaustralia.org.au/what-we-do/our-priorities/oceans/ocean-stories/restoring-shellfish-reefs/gulf-st-vincent/
Open sourceSouth Australian Marine Parks
Gives a public scale reference for Windara: 10,000 tonnes of limestone across 159 reef segments and 20 hectares. Source: https://www.marineparks.sa.gov.au/enjoy/fishing/artificial-reef-project
Open sourceOzFish Unlimited
Connects Moreton Bay shellfish reef restoration to recycled shells, community work and bay habitat recovery. Source: https://ozfish.org.au/projects/moreton-bay-shellfish-reef-restoration/
Open sourceGeosynthetics International Society / Geofabrics authors
Provides small geotextile container scale references around 0.75 and 2.5 cubic metres for shoreline and reef-media comparison. Source: https://library.geosyntheticssociety.org/wp-content/uploads/resources/proceedings/D.01%20Geotextile%20Sand%20Containers%20Innovative%20Shoreline%20Protection%20Systems.pdf
Open sourceOceanWatch Australia
Australian living-shoreline reference for oyster shells, erosion control and habitat repair. Source: https://www.oceanwatch.org.au/community/livingshorelines/
Open sourceQueensland Parks
Australian island-shaping reference for beach re-profiling, turtle habitat and careful monitoring over time. Source: https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants-animals/conservation/raineisland-recovery
Open sourcePort of Brisbane
Queensland reclamation reference for large-scale material placement, sea walls, staged ground improvement and monitoring. Source: https://www.portbris.com.au/major-projects/fpe
Open sourceStraddie Maker-Space Lab
Connects sand, glass, ceramics, mineral literacy and resident-use home products to the material-flow question. Source: https://auraofintelligence.github.io/straddie-makerspace-lab/sand.html
Open sourceStraddie Maker-Space Lab
Connects blocks, pavers, tiles, reusable bases, geopolymers and visible recipe-led material testing to the surface design pathway. Source: https://auraofintelligence.github.io/straddie-makerspace-lab/concrete.html
Open sourceBallow Road Sand and Screen Hub
Links adaptive surface blocks, sand sport, screens, shade, seating and service plinths to the 10-12 Ballow Road public concept site. Source: https://auraofintelligence.github.io/ballow-road-sand-screen-hub/site.html
Open sourceDunwich / Gumpi Ferry Terminal Open Data Lab
Connects climate-ready surface blocks to ferry-terminal visualisation, arrival paths, seating, lighting, service edges and public design discussion. Source: https://auraofintelligence.github.io/dunwich-gumpi-ferry-terminal-open-data-lab/community-genai-examples.html
Open sourceGeoscience Australia
Frames carbon capture as capture, transport, compression and storage, not a casual add-on to local air tanks. Source: https://www.ga.gov.au/aecr2024/carbon-capture-and-storage
Open sourceUS EPA
Adds an authority source for CO2 fire-suppression questions, especially where people may occupy the space. Source: https://www.epa.gov/snap/carbon-dioxide-fire-suppressant-examining-risks
Open sourceQueensland Parks
Keeps protected-area, lake, wetland and Country boundaries visible before infrastructure imagination runs ahead. Source: https://parks.qld.gov.au/parks/naree-budjong-djara
Open sourceQYAC
Names the public organisational doorway for Quandamooka land and sea management rather than implying authority. Source: https://qyac.net.au/
Open sourceConnected workbenches
Source bridge
The practical workshop doorway: repair, tools, containers, sand and concrete tests, forms and public learning loops.
Source bridge
The deeper systems map for sand batteries, reef-energy questions, future tunnels, material loops and source-aware builders.
Source bridge
The ferry gateway lab: public evidence, official-source trail, 360 photos, simulation workflows and capability transfer.
Source bridge
The grant-readiness layer for turning energy experiments into profile packs, milestones, watchlists and reporting evidence.
Source bridge
The community wealth, data sovereignty and mutual-protection doorway for keeping value and risk legible.
Source bridge
The trust, jobs, media, co-working and co-op pathway that could help people enter the energy work voluntarily.
Source bridge
The legal-information preparation layer for AI-ready notes, source trails, jurisdiction markers, evidence gaps and local private memory.
Source bridge
A nearby public proposal for gateway activity, markets, screen culture and public-facing place energy.
Source bridge
The bigger quest layer for capability growth, sand, storage, simulation rooms and local resource imagination.