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Clean Energy Capability Portfolio | Energy Markets

Competitive Advantage

• A research group with over a decade of experience in conducting system and market modelling and developing open-source tools
• Multidisciplinary approach encompassing data and engineering science , business , social sciences and law
• Strong track record of industry partnerships with diverse stakeholders , including DNSPs , retailers , technology suppliers , and regulators

Impact

• Contribute to system planning and policy design to develop an effective and efficient pathway to a future high VRE , zero emissions electricity system

Successful Applications

Open-source tools :
• dispatch and optimal planning ( NEMO )
• capacity expansion ( Open-CEM )
• Analysis of VRE impact on and participation in frequency management and Frequency Control Ancillary Services ( FCAS ) markets
• Interdisciplinary frameworks for policy , market and regulatory assessment and design , informing numerous submissions to regulatory and market rule change processes

Capabilities and Facilities

• Modelling expertise using proprietary and open-source software
• Access to high performance computing facilities on campus , and at the National Computational Infrastructure in Canberra

Our Collaborators

• All levels of Government
• National Electricity Market ( NEM ) institutions
• Network businesses
• Industry associations

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 Dylan McConnell Collaboration on Energy and Environmental Markets E : dylan . mcconnell @ unsw . edu . au
• market simulation ( NEM-Lite )
• data access ( NEMOSIS )
• power-purchase contracting
• Integration of distributed energy modelling in electricity market models
• NGOs
• Consultants , renewable energy developers , distributed energy businesses , and startups
Dr Rob Passey Collaboration on Energy and Environmental Markets T : + 61 2 6688 4384 E : r . passey @ unsw . edu . au

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