Day two: Session Energy innovation and technology: integration of renewable energy and customers

Jahangir Hossain

Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney

Derwent Bridge microgrid: best practice and lesson learnt from remote community microgrid

Dr Jahangir Hossain earned a PhD from the University of New South Wales in 2010. He is currently an Associate Professor with the School of Electrical and Data Engineering, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. Before this, he served as an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering, Macquarie University for three-and-a-half years, Senior Lecture and a Lecturer in the Griffith School of Engineering, Griffith University, Australia for five years and as a Research Fellow in the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

Elizabeth Ratnam

Senior Lecturer, ANU FERL Fellow, Australian National University

Optimisation-based operation of battery storage for PV grid integration: towards creating a resilient carbon-neutral electricity grid

Dr Elizabeth Ratnam leads a research group in Power Systems and Optimisation, focusing on the control of renewable and distributed energy within power grids. Elizabeth earned the BEng (Hons I) degree in Electrical Engineering in 2006 and PhD degree in 2016 from the University of Newcastle, Australia. She subsequently held postdoctoral positions at the University of California (UC) San Diego, and at UC Berkeley. During 2001 and 2012 she held various positions at Ausgrid, an Australian utility. Elizabeth is currently a Senior Lecturer at the ANU School of Engineering. She a Senior Member of IEEE and a Fellow of Engineers Australia.

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Graham Palmer

Research Fellow, Monash University

Validation of high-resolution BARRA reanalysis data using historical wind power generation

Graham Palmer is a researcher with an industry background as an engineer and researcher in manufacturing, HVAC and electronics. He has published in the area of biophysical economics, renewable energy, life-cycle analysis, and energy-economic modelling. Graham obtained his PhD in energy-return-on-investment (EROI) of electricity supply. His current research is life cycle assessment of green hydrogen and ammonia.

Grace Young

Chief Innovation Officer, Wattwatchers

Data for energy researchers: a service provider’s perspective

Grace Young leads the innovation roadmap, engineering team and key projects for Sydneybased Wattwatchers Digital Energy. With over two decades in online product design and development, her experience crosses strategic design, shared value and digital product development, and she is also an experienced facilitator. Joining Wattwatchers in 2018, Grace has delivered multiple applications and revamped Wattwatchers’ scalable, high-availability infrastructure. Previous roles include co-founding local energy trading startup Nexergy (2016-18); and leading innovation with strategic design consultancy Zumio (2008-17). Grace has a Master of Sustainable Practice from RMIT University and also holds a Bachelor of Arts (Contemporary Music) from Southern Cross University.

Gregor Verbic

Co-Chair ERICA

Associate Professor, The University of Sydney

Gregor Verbic is an Associate Professor in the School of Electrical and Information Engineering, The University of Sydney and Director of the Centre for Future Energy Networks. His expertise is in power system operation, stability and control, and electricity markets. His current research focuses on grid and market integration of distributed energy resources and large-scale renewables, future grid modelling and scenario analysis, and demand response.

He was a recipient of the IEEE Power and Energy Society Prize Paper Award in 2006. He is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.