Clean Energy Capability Portfolio | Energy Markets |
Competitive Advantage • Focused on restructured electricity industries with over a decade of experience in conducting market design , regulatory arrangements , and related policy framework development
• A multidisciplinary approach encompassing engineering , business , social sciences and law , with a strong track record of industry partnerships
• Team members participate in International Energy Agency collaborative tasks on integration of high-penetration DER
Impact • Provide data , tools and analysis to enhance understanding of DER integration challenges
• Help drive the development of technologies , regulation , business models and market design , to facilitate demand flexibility and improve integration of renewable generation
Successful Applications Development of open-source tools :
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• residential pre-heating and cooling model
• solar hot water load-shifting model
• Rigorous analysis of network and bill impacts of DNSP trial of cost-reflective tariffs
• Analysis of the interactions between different DER technologies and the impacts on individual and aggregate load profiles as seen by the broader market
• Assessment of opportunities for development of household energy flexibility
• Submissions to policy and regulatory processes
Capabilities and Facilities • Expertise in electricity market and distributed energy modelling , from data science applications to energy problems and the development of open-source tools
• Access to high performance computing facilities on campus , and at the National Computational Infrastructure in Canberra
Our Collaborators |
More Information Professor Iain MacGill Joint Director ( Engineering ) Collaboration on Energy and Environmental Markets T : + 61 2 9385 4920 E : i . macgill @ unsw . edu . au
Associate Professor Anna Bruce Joint Director ( Engineering ) Collaboration on Energy and Environmental Markets T : + 61 2 9385 5155 E : a . bruce @ unsw . edu . au
Dr Rob Passey Collaboration on Energy and Environmental Markets T : + 61 2 6688 4384 E : r . passey @ unsw . edu . au
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• modelling impact of distributed solar curtailment and response to grid disturbances
• modelling embedded networks and local energy sharing arrangements
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• All levels of Government
• National Electricity Market ( NEM ) institutions
• Network businesses
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Dr Mike Roberts Research Co-ordinator |
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• rooftop solar potential assessment and techno-economic impacts |
• Industry associations |
Collaboration on Energy and Environmental Markets |
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• network impacts of uncontrolled and ‘ smart ’ electric vehicle charging
• tariff modelling and analysis tools
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• NGOs
• Consultants , renewable energy developers , distributed energy businesses , and startups
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T : + 61 2 9065 0400 E : m . roberts @ unsw . edu . au |
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