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Smart charging webinar: Making EVs a grid asset - an Australian case study
Our next Smart Charging Webinar will introduce the Australian power system, and describe how vehicles are being integrated into it with V2G.
Date/Time: Thurs 11 March 2021, 09:00-10:00 GMT
Venue: Online event
About this event
Programme
- 09:00-09:05 Introduction: Myriam Neaimeh, Newcastle University and the Alan Turing Institute
- 09:05-09:50 Presentations: Laura Jones and Kathryn Lucas-Healey, Australian National University
- 09:50-10:00 Q&A
Topics for discussion
Like most power systems worldwide, Australia is in transition. Old fossil-fuelled generation is being replaced with renewable. In Australia distributed resources (such as solar PV) form a large part of this transition. This transition leads to a future where energy is cheap, but flexibility is expensive.
V2G promises to be a cheap, mobile source of flexibility. The Realising Electric Vehicle-to-grid Services (REVS) project is demonstrating this. It will demonstrate frequency control services from a 51-vehicle fleet in the Australian Capital territory.
This talk will describe early findings from the trial. It will introduce the Australian power system, and describe how vehicles are being integrated into it.
Speaker Bios
Laura Jones, Senior Analyst, The Battery Storage and Grid Integration Team, ANU College of Engineering & Computer Science
Laura is an experienced innovator and engineer with a demonstrated history of working across multiple industries and has been central to delivering on large customer-focused projects such as Bruny Island Battery Trial. She has had a diverse work history spanning field testing, power system analysis, planning, innovation, and most recently economics & business models and currently works as an economist on a Vehicle to Grid/grid services demonstration project.
Kathryn Lucas-Healey, Researcher, Realising Electric Vehicle-to-grid Services (REVS) project at ANU
Kat is an interdisciplinary researcher based in Melbourne working on the social science work stream of the Realising Electric Vehicle-to-grid Services (REVS) project at ANU. She has a PhD in architectural science from the University of Queensland which spawned from work as a sustainability consultant in the building and construction industry. Kat’s policy experience includes reforming the Victorian Energy Efficiency Target scheme and working towards better energy efficiency standards for housing. More recently, she was responsible for delivering the national Chargefox ultra-rapid EV charging network.