Earlier today I had the opportunity to speak at the ‘Workshop on System Planning for the Energy Transition’ in Brisbane — a three-day event hosted by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and CSIRO.
The workshop was primarily structured around presentations from Australian researchers, market/network operators, analysts, etc. sharing lessons from Australia’s energy transition with system planners from across South-East Asia (including Singapore, the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Malaysia). Complementing this were guest perspectives from other international markets, with speakers from system operators in California, the UK, Denmark and Ireland.
I was asked to speak about the evolving role of batteries in the NEM. Given the international and largely non-market audience, my presentation covered five topics:
- The growth rate of utility-scale batteries in the NEM
- The structure of the market and how batteries have established their place
- Emerging trends in battery participation in frequency services
- The evolving role of batteries in our dispatch process
- Opportunities and challenges on the horizon
Though the full slide deck isn’t available to share, I drew upon several pieces of analysis and commentary that we’ve previously shared on WattClarity — in particular:
- The state-of-charge for 2024: The highs and lows of the big battery boom
- New FCAS resources dominate enabled levels in 2024
- So long solo solar, and hi hybrids?
- Background information about the Victorian Big Battery and the SIPS service (System Integrity Protection System)
- Need for speed: How long has each battery project in the NEM taken to deliver?
- Frequency Performance Payments 44 days in
- Let’s talk about FCAS
- Case Study (Part 2) of Low % VRE NEM-wide on 3rd and 4th July 2023
I’d thank the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the CSIRO for organising the event, and for inviting me to share our insights.
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