RACE for Networks
Optimising Australia’s electricity grid through customer distributed energy resources and network integration.
Research Program Manager: Oliver Hill Oliver.hill@racefor2030.com.au
Themes
Theme 5: Designing future networks
This theme will study emerging social trends, lifestyles, routines, and practices of end users. It will explore their impact on power system design and the evolving role of market architecture, including the roles and responsibilities of system actors. Understanding how end-user desires and actions are implemented in complex decision-making tools is a fundamental research topic to be delivered. For the true optimisation of the power sector to be realised, new partnerships and engagement, and collaborative communication will be utilised. This will help to explore future states of the sector
Theme 6: Developing local grid solutions
This theme considers how end users want to use, control and value their Consumer Energy Resources (CER) devices. It will examine where, when, and how CER could be best deployed to minimise costs and emissions using real-time facilities that allow faster local decision making. Standardised methods for securely integrating CER will be developed considering social, economic, environmental and technical factors. Research outcomes will be shared through collaborative data networks to help scale CER solutions to their full potential.
