news and events

  • New CSIRO report

'Intelligent Grid report: a Value Proposition for Distributed Energy in Australia Please click here to access the CSIRO webpage: CSIRO Intelligent Grid Full Report

  • iGrid Perth Forum

The next forum will be held in Perth entitled "Intelligent Grid & Distributed Energy Solutions: A Roadmap for Western Australia". This forum will be held on the 11 March at the Technology Park Function Centre, Bently. This forum continues the process of developing the Australian Distributed Energy Roadmap. The Roadmap will provide an assessment of the potential for Distributed Energy and identify the barriers that inhibit its implementation. It will deliver a concise and practical set of recommendations to accelerate the deployment of Distributed Energy in Australia. You can access past presentations from the section Resources and Publications. Download the forum brochure by clicking here: iGrid Perth brochure

  • D-CODE Model now available

The Description and Cost of Distributed Energy (D-CODE) Model is a working model, designed to be transparent and accessible. We would appreciate your input in making D-CODE as useful and robust as possible. If you have comments, additional data, or feedback about D-CODE, please complete the online feedback form: D-CODE Feedback Form

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Institutional Barriers

Full Name
Institutional barriers, stakeholder engagement and economic modelling

Project Description
Part 1: Benefits and barriers to Intelligent Grid

A review of the economic, environmental and social benefits that can be attributed to Intelligent Grid and distributed energy resources and barriers to their implementation. Barriers include technical, financial, cultural and regulatory factors. 

Part 2: Addressing economic regulatory barriers to Intelligent Grid

A review of current regulatory practice and recommendations for mechanisms such to facilitate Intelligent Grid development, such as regulatory mechanisms.

Part 3: Business deliberation on Intelligent Grids and Distributed energy

Engaging with key stakeholders such as commercial and industrial energy customers and representatives from network businesses to deliberate on Intelligent Grid and Distributed energy.

Part 4: Calculating dynamic avoidable network costs (DANCE) model

This Dynamic Avoidable Network Cost Evaluation (DANCE) model will offer a detailed, transparent and robust framework for accurate, real-time network pricing and for estimating the aggregated real time benefits offered by distributed energy within a congested grid. 

Part 5: Develop a robust transparent distributed energy evaluation (D-CODE) model

The Description and Cost of Distributed Energy (D-CODE) Model will provide a simple, transparent and accessible model for comparing energy supply and demand technologies.  It will be useful for energy specialists, policy makers and interested laypeople to conduct their own analysis. It will be applicable at local, state and national levels and incorporates parameters so that uses can compare the costs of each technology on a consistent and comprehensive basis.

Research Team
University of Technology Sydney

Expected Outcomes
Increased understanding of benefits of distributed energy (demand management, distributed generation and time-of-use pricing solutions) among utility managers, planners, regulators and policy makers.

More streamlined, consistent and transparent consideration and evaluation of the cost of distributed energy options in the context of future policy development.

Clearer evaluation of the value of distributed energy options in electricity network development, leading to accelerated uptake of and consequent major economic savings

Forum for constructive debate involving the energy supply industry and key stakeholders on the role of distributed energy options.

Improved avoidable network infrastructure cost analysis model

Robust, transparent Distributed Energy evaluation model (D-CODE)


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