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Clean Energy Capability Portfolio | Grid Transformation

Infrastructure

Investment Assessment

The push towards a renewable energy system presents increased risk , uncertainty and opportunity . As many organisations assess their current exposure to risk from their energy-related investment portfolio , or contemplate new investments , they require tools that assist decision making and risk management , including technical and economic performance .

Competitive Advantage

• Multidisciplinary expertise to facilitate more informed decisions
• Expertise in real-time simulation to assess technical constraints
• Rapid system modelling and simulation capability

Impact

• De-risk and protect existing investments
• Determine technical and operational impacts of third-party investments
• Identifying optimal location and sizing of storage at all scales

Successful Applications

• Identifying minimum inertia requirements in the National Electricity Market ( NEM )

Our Collaborators

• Transgrid
• Australian Energy Market Operator ( AEMO )

More Information

Associate Professor Georgios Konstantinou
School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications
T : + 61 2 9385 7405
E : g . konstantinou @ unsw . edu . au
Dr Branislav Hredzak
School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications
T : + 61 2 9385 4895
E : b . hredzak @ unsw . edu . au

Capabilities and Facilities

• A fleet of open-source tools for system performance assessment
• 18-rack RTDS capable of modelling power system impacts
Professor John Fletcher
School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications
T : + 61 2 9385 6007
E : john . fletcher @ unsw . edu . au
• OPAL-RT real-time simulator for fast simulations

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