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Clean Energy Capability Portfolio | Grid Transformation

Hosting Energy

Workbench Server

The Energy Workbench ( EWB ), developed by Zepben , provides a platform combining relevant network model information into a single source , breaking the traditional siloed storage of critical network data . Hosting EWB at UNSW offers a flexible research environment to support the development of several solutions for emerging industrial challenges .

Competitive Advantage

• Scalable network planning and grid integration platform
• Community edition of the Energy Workbench is a freely available server application
• EWB uses the Common Information Model ( CIM )
• Features a range of ‘ out of the box ’ integrations
• Enables consistent , well-structured access to the digital representation of the network model

Impact

• Enables team members to work directly with data that supports improved network planning and operation
• Reduces unnecessary and error-prone extraction , transformation and loading of data

Capabilities and Facilities

• EWB incorporates everything required to ingest , query , visualise and manipulate electrical network data , while analysing and running load-flow studies using python libraries

Our Collaborators

• Zepben
• Essential Energy

More Information

Associate Professor Hemanshu Pota
School of Engineering and Technology
T : + 61 2 5114 5197
E : h . pota @ adfa . edu . au

Successful Applications

• EWB has been used by Zepben for several projects , such as evolve and real-time dynamic operating envelope engine
• Used by several distribution network service providers including Essential Energy

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