This report provides valuable perspective on how actual project performance has differed from the forecasts used for investment decisions. It focuses on insights relating to project performance, operational expenditure and project revenues.
 

Image: Longreach Solar Farm

Read the Large-Scale Solar Operations report 

This report analyses the impact of generator size (geographic footprint and installed capacity) on ramp rates for solar and wind farms. How quickly solar and wind farms can “ramp” their generation up or down in response to weather conditions is relevant to how a grid with a high share of renewable generators can best operate.

Image: Moree Solar Farm

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This report focuses on one of the most significant unanticipated changes in the NEM since ARENA first invested in the LSS portfolio: the increasing prevalence of negative pricing events in the spot market.

This report provides analysis to help understand some of the impacts an increasing renewable share has had on energy markets and the behaviour of market participants.

Image: Lake Bonney Wind Farm

Read the Negative Pricing and Bidding Behaviour report 

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Battery storage

This summary highlights the early lessons learnt for the Low-Voltage Grid Battery Energy Storage Systems Trial project being undertaken by United Energy.

• Read United Energy’s summary

Bioenergy / Energy-from-waste

This final report on the Australian Biomass for Bioenergy Assessment Project discusses project outcomes, data continuity, challenges and lessons, and recommendations.

• Read AgriFutures Australia’s Final report

Concentrated Solar Thermal

This report provides a case study on the integration of rooftop solar thermal technology into Echuca Regional Health’s Hospital.

• Read Echuca Regional Health’s report

Distributed Energy Resources

This is the final Knowledge Sharing Report for Evoenergy’s DER Integration and Automation Project.

• Read Evoenergy’s report

This guide, developed by the DER Integration API Technical Working Group, aims to assist organisations involved in the Australian electricity network with the deployment, monitoring and orchestration/active management of DER.

• Read the guide

This document provides a summary of discussions held on 12 July 2021 at a workshop focused on national regulatory and policy design issues relating to Dynamic Operating Envelopes.

• Read DEIP’s workshop summary

These reports outline key insights from AEMO’s Virtual Power Plant Demonstrations, recommendations for next steps, and the experience of consumers.

• Read AEMO’s Knowledge Sharing report
• Read AEMO’s Consumer Insights report

Electric Vehicles

This report discusses lessons learnt from the first few months of ActewAGL’s realising Electric Vehicle-to-grid Services trial.

• Read ActewAGL’s report

Hydrogen

This final report for CSIRO’s Methane Fuel Carrier Project describes the project, the activities undertaken, outcomes achieved and key lessons.

• Read CSIRO’s final report

Pumped Hydro Energy Storage

This report outlines lessons learnt during the financial close process on Genex’s Kidston Pumped Hydro project.

• Read Genex’s report

Renewables for Industry

This presentation summarises the work undertaken by the Australian Industry Energy Transitions Initiative (ETI) as at June 2021.

• See the Australian Industry ETI’s presentation

Solar PV R&D

These reports from Intelligent Energy Systems focus on the theoretical and practical bases for a specific implementation of Frequency Deviation Pricing, known as Double-Side Causer Pays.

• Read the Inception report
• Read the Control & Pricing Theory report

This report shares information on UNSW’s project targeting reduced solar cell cost, achieved by improving the efficiency with which they convert sunlight into electricity.

• Read UNSW’s report

This final report provides updates on the VPPx market rollout, technical learnings and customer insights.

• Read Simply Energy’s final report

This report is the first knowledge sharing report for Mirvac’s Net Zero Energy Homes project.

• Read Mirvac’s report

Two Knowledge Sharing reports for UNSW’s Development of Beyond 20% Efficiency Kesterite Solar Cells project.

• Read the UNSW’s lessons learnt report #1
• Read the UNSW’s lessons learnt report #2

These reports outline the challenges and the lessons learnt from the design and construction of the Lord Howe Island solar PV/battery microgrid system.

• Read Lord Howe Island’s system design report
• Read Lord Howe Island’s lessons learnt report

This report is the second Lumea (Transgrid) Knowledge Sharing report for the TransGrid; New England Renewable Energy Zone – Pilot for commercial development of transmission structure project.

• Read Lumea's Request for Capacity Process 2 report 

Wind energy

This report discusses the ability of an existing wind farm to deliver FCAS into the market, and will support the business case for current and future participants seeking to participate in this market.

• Read the Mussleroe Wind Farm Provision of FCAS report