Implementation of Australia’s G-PST Research Roadmap in FY 2022/23 (Stage 2)

Our Stage 2 Summary Report and nine final Stage 2 reports below provide an update on progress regarding Australia’s Global Power System Transformation (G-PST) Roadmap which was launched in 2022.

Development of the Roadmap, which outlined a research path across nine key topics, represented Stage 1 work and focused on how we prepare a power system that provides secure and reliable operation during the energy transition to a decarbonised global electrical grid with high penetration of renewables.

The Stage 2 reports contain summaries for each of the nine appointed research topics to:

• establish clearly what has been done in the research topic to the end of 2022/2023
• map current research in the overall research plan that was developed for each G-PST research topic; and
• propose future work for the next round of research scheduled for the next stage (Stage 3 in Financial Year 2023/24) of the project.

These Stage 2 reports will also be used to:

• explore opportunities to secure additional funding for expansion of the G-PST work into Southeast Asian countries, and
• look at distributed energy resource (DER) integration on the back of international recognition of the importance of this research.

Executive Summary

• Australia’s Global Power System Transformation Research Roadmap PDF (3 MB)
• Australia’s Global Power System Transformation Research Roadmap (accessible text) TXT (158 KB)
• Australian research leadership in the Global Power System Transformation presentation – Stage two PDF (4 MB)

Topics

The information in each report has been provided by the research organisations appointed each project.

1. Advanced inverter applications (and requirements) for current-limited grid-forming inverters PDF (5 MB)
2. Analytical methods for determination of stable operation of IBRs in a future power system PDF (7 MB)
3. Control Room of the Future PDF (2 MB)
4. Planning PDF (12 MB)
5. The role of inverter-based resources during system restoration PDF (2 MB)
6. Services PDF (5 MB)
7. Power System Architecture PDF (21 MB)
8. Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) PDF (5 MB)
9. Distributed Energy Resource and Stability PDF (14 MB)