customer Energy
Building customer awareness and responsiveness
The Challenge
A customer-centric approach is essential for effective utilisation of local generating resources such as rooftop solar PV systems, battery storage, and EVs. Enabling customers to generate and consume their electricity while also supporting the overall energy system.
Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) are a new way of aggregating many distributed energy resources, such as solar panels, batteries, and EVs, to work together in a coordinated manner. A new market framework is required in order for VPPs to provide ancillary network support to the network.
Fast demand response or the ability of customers to adjust their energy consumption in response to signals from the grid. By using smart meters and other advanced technologies, energy providers can communicate with their customers in real-time and provide incentives for reduced or modified energy use.
WHAT WE’RE DOING
Design of Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) to provide ancillary grid services.
Developing customer-centric demand management systems to use renewable energy sources, storage, and load control.
Using advanced progressive modelling to optimise resource usage in real-time, by dynamically adjusting the operation of energy and water assets, based on current and anticipated grid conditions.
Developing a peer-to-peer energy market framework that enables individuals and organisations to share excess energy production using a blockchain-based platform and seamless integration of software and hardware, enabling real-time monitoring and control of energy production and consumption.
Investigation into the effects of Silicon Carbide (SiC) and Gallium Nitride (GaN) components in variable speed motor drives to achieve higher levels of efficiency.
Prof. Rukmi Dutta
Theme Lead
Janak Nambiar
Higher Degree Researcher
MEET OUR TEAM
Prof Danny Sutanto
Co-Theme Lead
Jiatong Wang
Higher Degree Researcher
A/Prof Raad Raad
Co-Theme Lead
Wenyuan Bai
Higher Degree Researcher
