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

Our Interim Summary Report plus nine interim reports below provide an update on each research topics emerging from Australia’s Global Power System Transformation (G-PST) Roadmap (2022).

This Roadmap outlined a research path to prepare a power system that provides secure and reliable operation with high penetration of renewables during the energy transition to a decarbonised global electrical grid.

Each interim report contains 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
• summarise what is scheduled to be completed by May 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 FY 2023/24.

We also set out recommended research tasks for the next stage (Stage 3 in Financial Year 2023/2024) of the project.

These interim reports will be used to:

• provide information required for Expression of Interest (EOI) for 2023/24 financial year
• 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.

Summary report

Global Power System Transformation Interim report of 2022/23 research topic progress - March 2023 PDF (1 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 (246 KB)
2. Analytical methods for determination of stable operation of IBRs in a future power system DOCX (2 MB)
3. Control Room of the Future DOCX (356 KB)
4. Planning DOCX (170 KB)
5. The role of inverter-based resources during system restoration PDF (189 KB)
6. Services DOCX (122 KB)
7. Power System Architecture DOCX (2 MB)
8. Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) PDF (196 KB)
9. Distributed Energy Resource and Stability DOCX (3 MB)