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Australia tests residentially aggregated flexible demand

Smart Energy International

Five hundred South Australian households will partake in a new project from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and electricity distributor SA Power Networks to trial smart home energy management and its effect on the power system. million (US$9.2

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Victoria utilities to lead flexibility market development in Australia

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Together the two utilities deliver electricity to around 1.27 With population growth, home electrification and the rise of electric vehicles, the need for grid flexibility has become increasingly important. million homes and businesses in Melbourne’s central business district and inner suburbs and about two-thirds of regional Victoria.

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Australia’s market operator contracts Enel X for VPP flexibility

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Enel X Australia has secured a contract from the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) to provide 120MW of flexible demand capacity to the Western Australia wholesale energy market. The statement outlines the urgency of developing new generation, storage, demand management and transmission projects to reinforce grid reliability.

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ARENA and Shell Energy to demonstrate commercial flexibility in Australia

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Shell Energy’s ‘Commercialising Smart Energy Hubs’ project will recruit at least 40 commercial and industrial (C&I) customer sites to demonstrate flexible demand capacity. To achieve the full potential of flexible demand, we will require new innovation, technologies and market processes. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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Flinders University deploys fleet-based vehicle to grid virtual power plant

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Deployed by Sunverge, a provider of distributed energy resource (DER) control and aggregation, as well as utilities company Engie, the system was developed in partnership with Nissan Australia and Wallbox, utilising the university’s electric vehicle (EV) fleet to provide grid services. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed

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Metaverse energy research to launch in Australia

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The research grant from the Australian Research Council’s Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment, and Facilities scheme will be used to build a state-of-the-art research infrastructure that is capable of precise, real-time monitoring of important electrical parameters. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed. Have you read?

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Australian VPP project to access 2m smart meters for load control

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million) in funding for the Australian and New Zealand-based utility services company to launch their Demand Flexibility Platform, targeting 510MW of aggregated load under control. Electricity retailers will be able to sign up households to the Demand Flexibility Platform and use it to manage their customers’ CER as part of the VPP.