Program

DAY 1: Mon 24 October 2022

8:30 Open – John Ward
8:35 Welcome to Country
8:50 South Australia’s Clean Energy Transformation – Richard Day
9:30 The Role of Consumers in the Energy Transformation – Lynne Gallagher
10:00 Morning Tea
10:30 Transforming Energy Systems – The Global Challenge – Audrey Zibelman
11:00 IRED2022 – Welcome, themes, major programs – John Ward + Others TBC
12:00 Lunch
13:30 EGAT
14:10 Project Edge – Nick Regan (AEMO), John Theunissen (AusNet Services), Anoop Nambiar (Mondo Power)
15:00 Afternoon Tea
15:30 Mission Innovation – Green Powered Future Mission
17:00 Poster Session & Networking
19:00 Close

DAY 2: Tue 25 October 2022

8:30 Open – John Ward
8:40 Key note address – Global Power System Transformation – Charlie Smith
9:10 Frequency control of the National Electricity Market – Hassan HaesAlhelou
9:30 Advanced inverter applications (and requirements) – Behrooz Bahrani
9:50 Transmission planning and investment for our changing energy system – Pierluigi Mancarella
10:10 DER Dynamic Operating Envelopes – Nando Ochoa
10:20 Power Systems Architecture – Mark Paterson
10:30 Closing Remarks – Mark Paterson
10:30 Morning Tea
11:00 RACE for 2030 CRC – Chris Dunstan, John McKibbin & Others
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Welcome and Intro – ISGAN & SIRFN – Ron Brandl
14:10 How Can Testing Accelerate Renewable Energy Integration? – Axel Seibel, Mazheruddin Hussain Syed, Julio Braslavsky
15:00 Afternoon Tea
15:30 Accelerating DER development and validation – Jay Johnson (Sandia), Jun Hashimoto (AIST)
16:10 AEMO Engineering Framework – Luke Robinson (AEMO)
16:30 Q&A + Wrap up
17:00 Close
19:00 Dinner
22:00 Close

DAY 3: Wed 26 October 2022

8:30 Opening Introduction – John Ward
8:40 Managing DER – Hosting Capacity & Cybersecurity – Jay Johnson
10:00 Morning Tea
10:30 Panel Session: Running the Grid on Renewable Energy
11:30 Summary & Closing Session – John Ward & Session Leads
12:00 Close
12:30 Lunch

13:30 Grid Forming Workshop (see details below)

Grid Forming Workshop

As more wind, solar PV and batteries are integrated in electrical power systems, there are increasing challenges with operating grids near 100% instantaneous levels of inverter-based resource. This workshop will discuss current efforts to develop solutions to overcome these challenges and enable more sustainable power systems.

13:30 The Need for Grid-forming inverters in Future Power Systems (Ben Kroposki, National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
13:50 Grid-Forming Batteries: The Current State of Play (Carl Christiansen, ARENA)
14:10 Application of Grid-forming Inverters in Australia (Chris Mock, AEMO)
14:30 Modeling Grid-forming Technologies and Standardisation (Ben York, EPRI)
14:50 Open Discussion
15:00 Tea Break
15:30 GFM Demonstrations and Validation Plans in the US (Abe Ellis, Sandia National Laboratories)
15:50 Grid-forming Inverters Practical Experiences and Challenges (Majid Fard, Aurecon)
16:10 Grid-forming Capability in Wind Farms (Behrooz Bahrani, Monash University)
16:30 System Stability Support from Inverter-Based Technologies (Mehdi Ghazavi Dozein, University of Melbourne)
16:50 Open Discussion
17:00 Adjourn

Disclaimer: This program is subject to change at the organiser’s discretion