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Australian Utilities Smart Grid drives a shift to distributed energy resources (DER), smart meters, grid modernization, and customer-centric innovation, led by Energex and EnergyAustralia through asset management upgrades and the Smart Grid, Smart City program.

 

Essential Takeaways

Australia is shifting to DER and smart grids, modernizing networks and customer outcomes via innovation and partnerships.

  • Shift from centralized generation to DER models
  • Grid modernization using 21st-century asset management
  • EnergyAustralia's smart grid pilots and customer solutions
  • Energex leveraging existing infrastructure for innovation
  • Smart Grid, Smart City collaboration and knowledge sharing

 

At the recent NG Utilities Summit Australia discussions centered around the role the Smart Grid will play in transforming energy delivery in Australia.

 

One hundred movers and shakers from the Australian Utilities sector met recently at the Surfers Paradise Marriott Resort and Spa, Gold Coast in a closed door environment to discuss the major changes that are reshaping the traditional roles of utilities, creating opportunities for new technologies such as the digital grid paradigm, and how it is redefining the scope and character of the sectors interface with customers and communities.

Amongst the standout discussions of the three days were the keynotes delivered by Terry Effeney – CEO, Energex , Queensland’s largest electricity provider and that of Peter Birk – CTO, EnergyAustralia.

“The utilities sector is experiencing an unprecedented paradigm shift that holds promise of opportunity, but knowledge of significant risk,” said Terry Effeney during his keynote address, adding that “during the next two decades the industry will see a gradual shift away from the traditional centrally focused ‘generation-transmission-distribution’ paradigm to a more customer driven distributed energy resource DER model enabled by a two-way smart grid approach across networks.”

He also pointed to significant innovation, as smart grids worldwide mature, playing a major role in the delivery of energy to customers in efforts to better align their economic requirements and the community's needs for improved environment stewardship.

“The strategies for the future that Energex spoke to were based around utilizing the existing infrastructure but needing to manage the assets, energy flows and work processes with 21st century technology which will provide, not only improved asset management and customer service, but provide a platform on which additional new technologies could be implemented.”

Peter Birk spoke candidly about the extensive smart grid program run by EnergyAustralia being at the forefront of innovation internationally, where utilities as smart grid service providers can excel further.

“The program looks to the development and implementation of a range of grid and customer side solutions driving smart grid adoption across the sector to make organizations more productive, improve their network reliability and to create innovative customer solutions.

“In light of EnergyAustralia’s recent award in receiving the federal government's $100 million Smart Grid, Smart City grant it was fascinating to learn the detail to how EnergyAustralia will leverage its existing program to deliver the Smart Grid, Smart City. Stating that a key success factor for the delivery of Smart Grid, Smart City will be engagement with other industry participants and the dissemination of information with the broader industry, to ensure results from the demonstration are largely appropriate Australia wide.”

 

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