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Clean Energy Capability Portfolio | Grid Transformation

Microgrid Inverter

Technologies

Developing innovative inverter control techniques that improve the overall response of microgrids during both normal operation and grid disturbances .

Competitive Advantage

• Pioneering inverter control schemes that enhance the reliability and resilience of microgrids , and are suitable for a wide range of load types

Impact

• Microgrids can support the utilisation of existing renewable resources , as well as the integration of distributed generation – keeping them available helps improve the reliability of supply and reduces both cost and risk
• Their suitability for small-scale microgrids and portable , mobile systems , makes these technologies ideal in disaster relief and other rapid deployment needs

Successful Applications

• The inverter control technology is currently under review by LECO , the electrical distribution operator in Colombo , Sri Lanka

Our Collaborators

• A . W . Tyree Foundation
• Australian Research Council ( ARC )
• Australian Energy Market Operator ( AEMO )
• Australian Renewable Energy Agency ( ARENA )
• Empower Energy
• Sungrow

More Information

Professor John Fletcher
School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications
T : + 61 2 9385 6007
E : john . fletcher @ unsw . edu . au

Capabilities and Facilities

• An inverter and microgrid test platform that can be used to experimentally verify inverter control techniques , including grid simulators , load emulation , feeder impedances , rotational generation and loads

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