Current Projects
DER and Grid Integration
Supervisors Prof. Peta Ashworth Dr Dean Economou The project Large-scale deployment of Distributed Energy Resources (DER) is critical to the success of Net Zero…
Privacy-preserving IoT data communication gateway integration from multiple platforms (NSW DIEF project)
SUPERVISORS Prof. Wen Hu Dr Stephen White DESCRIPTION This project will enable privacy-preserving cloud-based digital infrastructure to streamline real-time management of data from buildings…
Reliable Representation, Information Extraction, of Time Series Data in Multiple Platforms (NSW DIEF project)
SUPERVISORS Dr Imran Razzak Dr Stephen White DESCRIPTION The NSW Digital Infrastructure for Energy Flexibility (DIEF) project is a state-wide project dedicated to uncovering…
Advancing sustainable grid integration via bidirectional electric vehicle chargers: A pathway to grid efficiency and reduced emissions
Supervisors Prof. Mahdi Jalili Description The Ph.D. project is centred on the development and optimization of bidirectional electric vehicle (EV) chargers, which are essential…
Pathways to Net Zero Precincts – Embedding Research to Accelerate Adoption
SUPERVISORS Prof Petra Tschakert Dr. Margaret Gollagher Dr. Thor Kerr DESCRIPTION To examine how collaborative governance processes and practices can enable effective technology transfer…
Urban Footprint Model for Australian Precincts
Supervisors Prof Peter Newman Dusan Mills, Hawaiian Group The project Cities are facilitators of economic growth through agglomeration of economies from diversity of resources…
Pathways to Net Zero Precincts – Policy and Practice
Supervisors Prof Peter Newman Dr. Alessandro Sanches Pereira The project Urgent action is required to reduce greenhouse gas emissions so that the world has…
Optimal participation scheme for virtual power plants in energy and reserve markets
Supervisors Li Li (UTS) George Martin (Starling Energy Group/Plico Energy) The project A highly competitive scholarship is available to support a suitably interested and…
Demand management of V2H and V2G using microgrid and energy storage based EV charging systems
Supervisors Prof Junwei Lu and Dr Feifei Bai (Griffith) Mark Hibbert (Planet Ark Power) The project The successful PhD scholarship applicant will explore the approach of Vehicle-to-Home…
Coordinated dynamic hosting capacity assessment using artificial intelligence-based techniques
Supervisors A/Prof Jahangir Hossain and Dr Ibrahim Ibrahim (UTS) Bill Tarlinton (Zepben) and Dr Carlos Macana (Essential Energy) The project This PhD project on dynamic hosting capacity…
Increasing DER hosting capacity while reducing costs and enhancing energy system resilience
Supervisors Prof Peter Newman and Dr Charlie Hargroves (Curtin) Richard Romanowski (Planet Ark Power) The project The successful PhD scholarship applicant will investigate how new customer transaction…
Maximising renewable energy for water corporations through machine learning, peer-to-peer trading and demand management
Supervisors Dr Rebecca Yang and Dr Kazi Hasan (RMIT) Ruben Muller (Sydney Water) The project Water corporations have extensive electricity demands, which lead to high energy bills and…
Technologies to improve process performance and methane yields during high-solids anaerobic digestion of sugar mill wastes
Supervisors A/Prof. Prasad Kaparaju (Griffith University) Rajinder Singh (Singh Farming) The project Biogas can be produced from anaerobic digestion (AD) of agricultural wastes such…
Optimising the total cost of owning and operating centralised chilled water plants
Supervisors Dr Ben Cheng and Dr Toh Yen Pang (RMIT) Richard Phillips and Iain Stewart (Exergenics) The project Traditional chiller equipment operation optimisation focuses on short term gains….
Innovative tariffs and demand response potential for residential and industrial customers
SUPERVISORS Dr Alexandr Akimov and Dr Shyama Ratnasiri (Griffith University) Dr Alexandra Sidorenko (Ausgrid) DESCRIPTION Load flexibility will address new challenges of the evolving power system in…
Portable green hydrogen solutions for households
SUPERVISORS Prof. Atiq Zaman and Dr Jessica Breadsell (Curtin University) DESCRIPTION Households are taking control of their energy supply through solar PV systems and increasingly, battery storage…
Fast-track to Net Zero Carbon buildings
Supervisors Dr Mike Roberts, UNSW Craig Roussac, Buildings Alive DESCRIPTION Like major economies and institutions around the world, owners and operators of large commercial, residential…
Developing an Australian Trust Index
SUPERVISORS Prof Rebekah Russell-Bennett (University of Canberra) Matt Newey (Essential Energy) DESCRIPTION This PhD Topic will develop an Australian Energy Trust Index that will be…
Designing distributed renewable micro-grids for reliability
SUPERVISORS Dr Hao Wang (Monash University) Dr. Bevan Holcombe (Planet Ark Power) DESCRIPTION The research is focused on recommended design and engineering principles of totally…
Smart Charging Strategies for EVs in Smart Grids
SUPERVISORS Dr Adel N Toosi (Monash University) Ian McLeod (Enzen) DESCRIPTION The global adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) expanded notably over the last decade, creating opportunities…
Off-grid Indigenous community microgrids
SUPERVISORS Dr Cara Beal (Griffith University) David Edwards (Horizon Power) and Craig Julian (Western Power) DESCRIPTION Community-driven approaches to manage the technical, social, economic, cultural…
Customer first start-ups and the energy transition
SUPERVISORS Dr Samantha Sharpe (UTS) John Laird (Solar Analytics) DESCRIPTION A successful clean energy transition requires customers to be central in creating and using clean…
Prefabricated solutions for retrofitting homes
SUPERVISORS Prof. Atiq Zaman (Curtin University) Katie Vines (Climate-KIC Australia) DESCRIPTION Many of Australia’s nine million homes are characterised by poor thermal performance, which requires…
Data innovation for zero carbon buildings
SUPERVISORS Hongda Tian (UTS) Hao Huang (Buildings Alive) Craig Roussac (Buildings Alive) DESCRIPTION According to the IEA, for the international community to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement,…
Optimal planning and operational strategy for biogas power generation system design in wastewater plants
SUPERVISORS Li Li (UTS) Greg Appleby (Sydney Water) DESCRIPTION Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are an indispensable element of a municipal system. Higher energy demands of WWTPs…
Artificial Intelligence for management of electric vehicles and vehicle to grid (V2G) resources optimisation
SUPERVISORS Dr. Jahangir Hossain (UTS) Dr. Bevan Holcombe (Planet Ark Power) DESCRIPTION This project aims to develop and implement intelligent techniques to manage the charging…
Revolutionising high ammonia wastewater treatment: Pioneering sustainable solutions for industrial effluents
Chief Investigators Prof. Yang Liu (QUT) Purpose of project Landfill leachate wastewater, a persistent challenge for Australian municipalities, is about to face a ground-breaking solution….
Aquatic Centre solar photovoltaic thermal heat pump optimisation
Chief Investigators Prof Robert Taylor (UNSW) Purpose of project Commercial and industrial facilities have a fixed footprint area for renewable energy installations, but total…
Smart Sensing and Industry 4.0 Energy Productivity guide for business
Chief Investigators Mark Atkinson, IoTAA Purpose of project Industry 4.0 is the integration of digital technologies like IoT, AI and automation into manufacturing processes…
Anaerobic co-digestion of red meat industry wastes
Chief Investigators Prof Prasad Kaparaju (Griffith University) Dr Fabiana Tessele (Tessele) Purpose of project The project, which is funded by the Australian red meat processor…
NSW DIEF
Flexibility and dispatchability are key requirements for a future Zero Emissions electricity grid. Buildings are capable of providing significant generation and consumption flexibility, at…
Decarbonising heat with heat pumps
Chief Investigators A/Prof Andrea Trianni (UTS) Brendan Vos (A2EP) Purpose of project The project will identify and assess how heat decarbonisation can be accelerated…
Business Power Flex
Chief Investigators A/Prof Alexandr Akimov (Griffith University) David Roche (UTS) Purpose of project Our electricity grid is changing. Australia’s transition to a renewables powered grid…
Industry 4.0 Opportunities in White Certificate Schemes
Chief Investigators Dr Stephen White (CSIRO) Purpose of project Industry 4.0 technologies offer new ways to improve energy efficiency. These technologies include features like…
Electrifying the Cold Chain – Phase 2
Chief Investigators Prof. Frank Bruno (UniSA) Purpose of project The cold chain is a low temperature-controlled supply chain to prolong shelf life and maintain…
Testing and monitoring of an energy-efficient indirect evaporative (dew-point) CO2 (DP-CO2) refrigeration system at a Coles supermarket in Adelaide
Chief Investigators Dr Tim Lau (UniSA) Purpose of project Given the heating, ventilation, air-conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC-R) sector is a significant contributor to electricity…
AI-ready flexible buildings to minimise carbon intensity
Chief Investigators Dr. Frits de Nijs (Monash University) Purpose of project Buildings can act like batteries, absorbing, storing and releasing heat into their materials….
Energy flexibility for water corporations
Chief Investigators A/Prof Rebecca Yang (RMIT) Purpose of project Water corporations in both New South Wales and Victoria have committed to a net-zero carbon…
Energy Trends Visualisation Tools
Chief Investigators Prof. Iain MacGill (UNSW) Purpose of project The electricity industry has experienced and continues to experience significant changes that present challenges for managing…
Techno-economic feasibility study of Mechanical Vapour Recompression for improving Energy Efficiency in Meat Rendering
Chief Investigators Prof. Abhijit Date (RMIT) Purpose of project Heating operations such as rendering/cooking, drying, sterilisation and cleaning, play an important role in the meat…
24/7 TRUZERO (Tracking Renewables Utilisation for Zero Emission Reporting and Operation)
Chief Investigators A/Prof. Anna Bruce (UNSW) Many businesses are reducing their electricity-related emissions through purchasing renewables. However, an increasing mismatch between system-level renewable energy…
Investigating transformative energy productivity improvement in the food systems value chain
Chief Investigators Jarrod Leak (A2EP) Purpose of project Currently, there is a gap in the food value chain (VC) industry which assesses energy productivity. This study was…
Techno-economic analysis on improving biogas from anaerobic digestion on pre-treated sewage sludge
Chief Investigators Prof. Prasad Kaparaju (Griffith University) Purpose of project Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in general consume a significant amount of energy, representing about…
Completed
Industry 4.0 for energy productivity
Chief Investigators A/Prof. Andrea Trianni (UTS) Purpose of project Industry 4.0 describes a suite of solutions including better data, improved data analytics and greater connectivity…
Improving energy productivity through the electrification of cold chain logistics Phase 1: Concept development
Chief Investigators Prof. Frank Bruno (UniSA) Purpose of project Refrigerated transport plays a key role in cold chain logistics. The project reviewed state-of-the-art and emerging refrigeration systems used in commercial transport and developed a…
Mapping organic waste in Sydney to advance anaerobic co-digestion for energy generation and greenhouse gas reduction
Chief Investigators Andrea Turner (UTS) Purpose of project This project brought together key stakeholders in the typically siloed waste, wastewater and energy sectors to…
Completed
Onsite anaerobic digestion for power generation and natural gas/diesel displacement
Chief Investigators A/Prof. Prasad Kaparaju (Griffith University) Purpose of project This Opportunity Assessment produced a research roadmap to identify the most impactful activities that RACE for 2030 could fund…
Biogas from agricultural waste: a techno-economic evaluation
Chief Investigators A/Prof. Prasad Kaparaju (Griffith University) Purpose of project This project assessed the techno-economic feasibility of biogas production from sugar mills, such as bagasse, trash and mill mud from Mossman Sugar Mill, codigested with other organic…
Improving the performance and potential applications of PCM storage for flexible demand in the HVAC-R industry
Chief Investigators Prof. Frank Bruno (UniSA) Purpose of project Heating Ventilation Air-conditioning Cooling and Refrigeration (HVAC-R) uses over 22% of Australia’s electricity and is a…
Load flexing of industrial refrigeration systems at abattoirs
Chief Investigators Jarrod Leak (A2EP) Purpose of project The project researched the feasibility of abattoirs flexing the electrical demand of their refrigeration plants by using advanced…
Completed
Flexible demand and demand control technology and development
Chief Investigators Dr Stephen White (CSIRO) Purpose of project This Opportunity Assessment project identified sources of flexible demand (FD) in Australia and evaluated the opportunity to unlock demand side participation…
Completed
Electrification and renewables to displace fossil fuel process heating
Chief Investigators Dr Michael Evans (UniSA) Purpose of project The primary focus of this Opportunity Assessment was to review and analyse new and existing technologies to…
Completed
Transforming energy productivity through value chains
Chief Investigators Prof. Jago Dodson (RMIT) Purpose of project This Opportunity Assessment investigated the potential opportunities to transform energy productivity (EP) in priority key…
Decarbonisation pathways for the Australian cement and concrete sector
Project details This project developed a decarbonisation roadmap with strong endorsement from the Australian cement and concrete sector and the wider community, to accelerate…
Hot water pathways for social housing
Chief Investigators David Roche (UTS) Purpose of project The project addresses the challenge of upgrading domestic hot water systems in social housing to make them…
Glebe energy transitions
Chief Investigators Dr Ed Langham (UTS) Purpose of project A large portion of the building stock projected to exist in 2050 has already been constructed,…
An electrified residential thermal system using heat pumps and thermal storage
Chief Investigators Dr Ahmad Mojiri (RMIT) Purpose of project Thermal applications account for 40-60% of the energy use in the residential sector. There are currently…
Energy Upgrades for Australian Homes
Chief Investigators Prof. Rob Raven (Monash University) Prof. Liam Smith (Monash University) Purpose of project Australians deserve homes that are comfortable, healthy and affordable to…
APY Lands energy efficiency retrofit pilot
Chief Investigators A/Prof. Ke Xing (UniSA) Purpose of project This project aims to investigate and provide solutions to challenges for energy performance and thermal comfort…
Geelong electric homes pilot
Chief Investigators Dan Cowdell (Geelong Sustainability) Purpose of project The Geelong Electric Homes Program 2023 stage 1 is the first of the RACE for Homes Energy…
SolarShift: Turning electric water heaters into megawatt batteries
Chief Investigators Dr Baran Yildiz (UNSW) Purpose of project Australia is the global leader in per capita rooftop distributed photovoltaic systems (D-PV) installation, with…
Completed
Enhancing home thermal efficiency
Chief Investigators Prof. Priya Rajagopalan (RMIT) Purpose of project The energy used in residential buildings is responsible for around 25% of carbon emissions in…
Completed
Facilitating smarter homes
Chief Investigators Dr Simon Heslop (UNSW) Purpose of project Better use of electrical energy, whether rooftop solar or renewable energy from the grid is…
Carseldine Village Living Laboratory: A subtropical test centre for end-users/prosumers, housing industry, and electricity networks
Chief Investigators Dr Vaughan Coffey (QUT) Purpose of project Consumers are driving the clean energy transition through rooftop solar, battery storage, and EVs. Meanwhile,…
Incentivising within-day shifting of household electricity use
Chief Investigators A/Prof Anke Leroux, Dr Gordon Leslie and Prof Michael Ward (Monash University) Purpose of project Australia’s boom in rooftop solar is creating value opportunities…
Renovate or Rebuild
Chief Investigators Danielle Nilsson (CSIRO) Purpose of project ‘Renovate or Rebuild’ is a reality TV show that encourages Australians to choose more sustainable building…
Completed
Rewarding flexible demand: Customer-friendly cost reflective tariffs and incentives
Chief Investigators Dr Rob Passey (UNSW) Purpose of project This Opportunity Assessment aims to develop and demonstrate innovative, flexible and dynamic pricing and incentives…
Pathways to scale: Barriers to, opportunities from, and impacts of retrofitting one million+ homes
Chief Investigators Katie Vines (Climate-KIC Australia) Purpose of project Australian homes are very energy inefficient. Existing support programs are not highly scalable. One Million…
Completed
Residential solar pre-cooling
Chief Investigators Kerryn Wilmot (UTS) Purpose of project This Opportunity Assessment project looks to maximise the net benefits of rooftop solar for electricity consumers and…
Ask The Energy System: AI Assisted Energy Modelling
Chief Investigators A/Prof. Markus Wagner (Monash University) Simon Wilson (RedgridGPT) Purpose of project In our transitioning energy environment, the ability to model and adapt to…
Understanding power system dynamics with high levels of grid-forming inverters
Chief Investigators A/Prof Yateendra Mishra (QUT) Purpose of project inverters interface the grid for energy sources like solar panels, wind turbines, and energy storage….
Investigation into Voltage Management Technologies for Future Australian Suburban Distribution Networks
Chief Investigators Dr. Reza Razzaghi (Monash University) Purpose of project Low Voltage distribution networks are undergoing unprecedented changes with consumers rapidly adopting rooftop solar…
Identification, Key Management and Trust for Inverters for Distributed Energy Resources
Chief Investigators Prof. Carsten Rudolph (Monash University) Purpose of project All new inverters in Australia and New Zealand have been mandated to possess internet connectivity…
Behind the Meter Forecasting & Optimisation
Chief Investigators Dr. Frits de Nijs (Monash University) Purpose of project The electricity grid has seen a significant rise in the integration of prosumers, households…
DSO and Beyond: Optimising Planning and Regulation for DM & DER
Chief Investigators Dr Rowena Cantley-Smith (UTS) Purpose of project The global electricity system is rapidly decarbonising and decentralising. This decentralisation is driven by the…
Measuring and communicating network export service quality
Chief Investigators Edward Langham (UTS) Purpose of project This project will maximise the potential of grid-exporting distributed energy resources (DER) such as rooftop solar, distribution…
Demonstrating pathways for Urban Renewable Energy Zones – Barriers, opportunities, and impacts of establishing Urban REZ
Chief Investigators Genevieve Mortimer (Climate-KIC Australia) Purpose of project This project will fill knowledge gaps and build capability for local councils, communities, industry and…
Distributed energy business models: Comparing distributed energy business models within current and evolving institutional structures to identify key opportunities and leverage points for a clean, affordable and reliable electricity grid
Chief Investigators Dr Mike Mourtiz (Curtin University) Purpose of project The project will investigate selected new and emerging business models for distributed energy resources…
Curtailment and network voltage analysis study (CANVAS)
Chief Investigators Dr Baran Yildiz (UNSW) Purpose of project In parts of the network, higher penetration of distributed energy resources (DER) is pushing voltages…
Completed
Low voltage network visibility and optimising DER hosting capacity
Chief Investigators Brian Spak (CSIRO) Purpose of project This Opportunity Assessment will gather and combine the current state of knowledge and practice in improving…
Accelerating EV adoption through commercial radio
Purpose of project This project investigates commercial radio, including online audio, as a medium to accelerate EV adoption and the transition to net zero…
Australian Consumers at the heart of the EV transition
Chief Investigators Prof. Ross Gordon (UTS) Purpose of project This project aims to explore the issues and challenges that will face all Australian consumers during…
National roadmap for bidirectional EV charging in Australia
Chief Investigators Jon Sibley (enX) Purpose of project By 2050, EV batteries could make up ~80% of the gross storage capacity in the NEM. RACE…
Taking the heat out of electric vehicle charging
Chief Investigators Prof. John Fletcher (UNSW) Purpose of project The uptake of electric vehicles and fast charging facilities across Australia will present challenges and…
Strategic Electric Vehicle Integration (SEVI)
Chief Investigators A/Prof. Charlie Hargroves (Curtin University) Dr Scott Dwyer (UTS) Purpose of project The Strategic EV Integration (SEVI) project is a three-year, industry-led research…
My V2X EV: Informing strategic EV integration
Chief Investigators A/Prof. Mahdi Jalili (RMIT) Purpose of project Electric vehicle (EV) adoption is growing worldwide with increasing market pull from consumers and market push…
Business Fleets and BEVs: Taxation changes to support home charging from the grid, and affordability
Chief Investigators Dr Anna Mortimore (Griffith University) Purpose of project The industry problem is business fleet site charging infrastructure facility numbers are low. This…
Completed
Electric vehicles & the grid
Chief Investigators Dr Roger Dargaville (Monash University) Purpose of project This Opportunity Assessment project will synthesise knowledge from current industry activitiies and research into integration…
Electricity sector workforce projections for the 2024 Integrated System Plan and for Australia
Chief Investigators Jay Rutovitz (UTS) Purpose of project This report delves into the projected electricity workforce requirements stemming from the Australian Energy Market Operator’s…
The Australian energy workforce to 2050 – Towards an Australia-wide view
Chief Investigators Jay Rutovitz (UTS) Purpose of project This project will develop detailed electricity sector workforce projections broken down by technology, occupation and location for…
Digital Twin enabled Sustainable Sunshine Precinct Development
Chief Investigators A/Prof. Rebecca Yang (RMIT) Purpose of project Research around digital twin and digitalisation has been evolving quickly in recent years; digital twin has…
Pathways to Net Zero Precincts
Chief Investigators Prof. Josh Byrne (Curtin University) Prof. Peter Newman (Curtin University) Purpose of project Net zero precincts (NZP) provide high-quality residential or industrial…
Australian Electricity Workforce for the 2022 Integrated System Plan
Chief Investigators Jay Rutovitz (UTS) Purpose of project This project will develop comprehensive workforce modelling required to deliver the Australian Energy Market Operator’s (AEMO)…
Benchmarking customer priorities and trust in the energy sector
Chief Investigators Prof. Rebekah Russell-Bennett (QUT) Purpose of project The transition to clean energy will be highly influenced by customer preferences and behaviour. To…
Behavioural Insights for the Energy Sector
Chief Investigators Prof. Rebekah Russell-Bennett (QUT) Purpose of project The energy sector is going through unprecedented transformation. Technological advancements, updated societal values and changes…
Defining energy efficiency for inclusion in the AEER
Chief Investigators Jay Rutovitz (UTS) Purpose of project Energy efficiency is central to achieving the National Energy Productivity Plan (NEPP) and the energy transition in the…
Decision engine to support the path to net zero
Chief Investigators Prof. Mark Wallace, Opturion Purpose of project Industries and businesses play a crucial role in Australia in navigating a path to net-zero…
Completed
Innovative foresighting and planning
Chief Investigators Prof. Chris Riedy (UTS) Purpose of project Electricity and gas supply has traditionally required building large-scale long-lived assets that must be planned…
Completed
Developing the future energy workforce
Chief Investigators Jay Rutovitz (UTS) Purpose of project The energy workforce is a critical enabler of the clean energy transition. Developing the future energy…
The Green Wave: Adding value through net zero energy strategies
Chief Investigators David Roche (UTS) Purpose of project Limiting global warming to 1.5°C requires rapid and deep greenhouse gas emission reductions. Many institutions are…
Completed
Trust building for collaborative win-win customer solutions
Chief Investigators Prof. Rebekah Russell-Bennett (QUT) Purpose of project The energy sector needs to transition to a shared value mindset that involves collaboration with…
DER and Grid Integration
Supervisors Prof. Peta Ashworth Dr Dean Economou The project Large-scale deployment of Distributed Energy Resources (DER) is critical to the success of Net Zero…
Privacy-preserving IoT data communication gateway integration from multiple platforms (NSW DIEF project)
SUPERVISORS Prof. Wen Hu Dr Stephen White DESCRIPTION This project will enable privacy-preserving cloud-based digital infrastructure to streamline real-time management of data from buildings…
Reliable Representation, Information Extraction, of Time Series Data in Multiple Platforms (NSW DIEF project)
SUPERVISORS Dr Imran Razzak Dr Stephen White DESCRIPTION The NSW Digital Infrastructure for Energy Flexibility (DIEF) project is a state-wide project dedicated to uncovering…
Advancing sustainable grid integration via bidirectional electric vehicle chargers: A pathway to grid efficiency and reduced emissions
Supervisors Prof. Mahdi Jalili Description The Ph.D. project is centred on the development and optimization of bidirectional electric vehicle (EV) chargers, which are essential…
Pathways to Net Zero Precincts – Embedding Research to Accelerate Adoption
SUPERVISORS Prof Petra Tschakert Dr. Margaret Gollagher Dr. Thor Kerr DESCRIPTION To examine how collaborative governance processes and practices can enable effective technology transfer…
Urban Footprint Model for Australian Precincts
Supervisors Prof Peter Newman Dusan Mills, Hawaiian Group The project Cities are facilitators of economic growth through agglomeration of economies from diversity of resources…
Pathways to Net Zero Precincts – Policy and Practice
Supervisors Prof Peter Newman Dr. Alessandro Sanches Pereira The project Urgent action is required to reduce greenhouse gas emissions so that the world has…
Optimal participation scheme for virtual power plants in energy and reserve markets
Supervisors Li Li (UTS) George Martin (Starling Energy Group/Plico Energy) The project A highly competitive scholarship is available to support a suitably interested and…
Demand management of V2H and V2G using microgrid and energy storage based EV charging systems
Supervisors Prof Junwei Lu and Dr Feifei Bai (Griffith) Mark Hibbert (Planet Ark Power) The project The successful PhD scholarship applicant will explore the approach of Vehicle-to-Home…
Coordinated dynamic hosting capacity assessment using artificial intelligence-based techniques
Supervisors A/Prof Jahangir Hossain and Dr Ibrahim Ibrahim (UTS) Bill Tarlinton (Zepben) and Dr Carlos Macana (Essential Energy) The project This PhD project on dynamic hosting capacity…
Increasing DER hosting capacity while reducing costs and enhancing energy system resilience
Supervisors Prof Peter Newman and Dr Charlie Hargroves (Curtin) Richard Romanowski (Planet Ark Power) The project The successful PhD scholarship applicant will investigate how new customer transaction…
Maximising renewable energy for water corporations through machine learning, peer-to-peer trading and demand management
Supervisors Dr Rebecca Yang and Dr Kazi Hasan (RMIT) Ruben Muller (Sydney Water) The project Water corporations have extensive electricity demands, which lead to high energy bills and…
Technologies to improve process performance and methane yields during high-solids anaerobic digestion of sugar mill wastes
Supervisors A/Prof. Prasad Kaparaju (Griffith University) Rajinder Singh (Singh Farming) The project Biogas can be produced from anaerobic digestion (AD) of agricultural wastes such…
Optimising the total cost of owning and operating centralised chilled water plants
Supervisors Dr Ben Cheng and Dr Toh Yen Pang (RMIT) Richard Phillips and Iain Stewart (Exergenics) The project Traditional chiller equipment operation optimisation focuses on short term gains….
Innovative tariffs and demand response potential for residential and industrial customers
SUPERVISORS Dr Alexandr Akimov and Dr Shyama Ratnasiri (Griffith University) Dr Alexandra Sidorenko (Ausgrid) DESCRIPTION Load flexibility will address new challenges of the evolving power system in…
Portable green hydrogen solutions for households
SUPERVISORS Prof. Atiq Zaman and Dr Jessica Breadsell (Curtin University) DESCRIPTION Households are taking control of their energy supply through solar PV systems and increasingly, battery storage…
Fast-track to Net Zero Carbon buildings
Supervisors Dr Mike Roberts, UNSW Craig Roussac, Buildings Alive DESCRIPTION Like major economies and institutions around the world, owners and operators of large commercial, residential…
Developing an Australian Trust Index
SUPERVISORS Prof Rebekah Russell-Bennett (University of Canberra) Matt Newey (Essential Energy) DESCRIPTION This PhD Topic will develop an Australian Energy Trust Index that will be…
Designing distributed renewable micro-grids for reliability
SUPERVISORS Dr Hao Wang (Monash University) Dr. Bevan Holcombe (Planet Ark Power) DESCRIPTION The research is focused on recommended design and engineering principles of totally…
Smart Charging Strategies for EVs in Smart Grids
SUPERVISORS Dr Adel N Toosi (Monash University) Ian McLeod (Enzen) DESCRIPTION The global adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) expanded notably over the last decade, creating opportunities…
Off-grid Indigenous community microgrids
SUPERVISORS Dr Cara Beal (Griffith University) David Edwards (Horizon Power) and Craig Julian (Western Power) DESCRIPTION Community-driven approaches to manage the technical, social, economic, cultural…
Customer first start-ups and the energy transition
SUPERVISORS Dr Samantha Sharpe (UTS) John Laird (Solar Analytics) DESCRIPTION A successful clean energy transition requires customers to be central in creating and using clean…
Prefabricated solutions for retrofitting homes
SUPERVISORS Prof. Atiq Zaman (Curtin University) Katie Vines (Climate-KIC Australia) DESCRIPTION Many of Australia’s nine million homes are characterised by poor thermal performance, which requires…
Data innovation for zero carbon buildings
SUPERVISORS Hongda Tian (UTS) Hao Huang (Buildings Alive) Craig Roussac (Buildings Alive) DESCRIPTION According to the IEA, for the international community to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement,…
Optimal planning and operational strategy for biogas power generation system design in wastewater plants
SUPERVISORS Li Li (UTS) Greg Appleby (Sydney Water) DESCRIPTION Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are an indispensable element of a municipal system. Higher energy demands of WWTPs…
Artificial Intelligence for management of electric vehicles and vehicle to grid (V2G) resources optimisation
SUPERVISORS Dr. Jahangir Hossain (UTS) Dr. Bevan Holcombe (Planet Ark Power) DESCRIPTION This project aims to develop and implement intelligent techniques to manage the charging…