ISOLATEDPOWER SYSTEMS CONNECT 2019

HobartAustralia

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s p on s o r s

11 - 15th November, 2019

Two day professional development AND/OR

3 days technical workshop

including ful l day mini-hydro showcase

International technology forum for power system operators and owners

VIP access to a range of Hobart ’s

Renewable Energy Technology Pi lots

Isolated Power Systems Connect is convened by an organising committee, elected to ensure the venue, program and demonstration projects represent the latest in innovation, as relevant to utility and IPP delegates. The organising 2018 organising committee includes:

• Professor Michael Negnevitsky, University of Tasmania (Chair)

• Dr Richard Rocheleau, Hawaii Natural Energy Institute

• Associate Professor Xiaolin Wang, University of Tasmania

• Simon Benmarraze, International Renewable Energy Agency

• Simon Gamble, Enernet Global

• Ray Massie, Hydro Tasmania

• Dr James Hamilton, Centre for Renewable Energy and Power Systems, University of Tasmania

• Marc White, Goanna Energy

• Andrew Fraser, Pyramus

• Salman Stevenson, TasNetworks

• Professor George Roe, Alaska Center for Energy and Power

Take the opportunity to connect with other participants while you experience the natural beauty and breathtaking scenery of Tasmania. Tour includes a highlands drive, with VIP access to a number of Tasmanian renewable and storage projects.

Isolated Power System Connect Salamanca, Hobart, Tasmania, Nov 11 -15

Organising Committee

Tasmanian Technology Tour & Networking - 14th Nov

Image: Humboldt Power Station tailrace

IPS Connect will include a two day professional development course, immersing delegates in an accelerated project modelling environment. Delegates will be teamed to navigate a real life IPS project tools, facilitated by industry mentors, concept guidance and live toolkits.

Expert industry facilitators will direct teams through a series of interactive exercises, addressing technology selection, sizing, control and coordination.

Delegate teams will present their recommendations based on modelling of current project cases studies.

Professional Development Course HYBRID IPS MODELLING TUTORIAL

11 Nov — Simulation Toolkits

AM

Topic 1: Model Set-up

Topic 2: Generation Technologies

Topic 3: Storage Technologies

PM

Topic 4: Control Basics

Incentives & Control

Topic 5: Network Management

Group Exercise: System Design

EVENING

Hosted Delegate Dinner

12 Nov — Case Studies

AM

Group Exercise Continued

Group Presentations

King Island, Tasmania

Derwent Bridge, Tasmania

Kotzebue, Alaska

PM

Facilitator Case Study Review

Ray Massie - Hydro Tasmania

Laura Jones - TasNetworks

George Roe - ACEP

EVENING

Happy Hour Networking

Convened by the Centre for Renewable Energy and Power Systems Dr James Hamilton

Hydro Tasmania Ray Massie, Ryan Willems, Dr David Butler

TasNetworks Laura Jones

Alaska Center for Energy and Power, Prof. George Roe

Enernet Global, Dr Dusan Nikolic

Image: IPS Connect 2016 Flinders Island

Registration

8:20 Open from conference Chair Professor Michael Negnevitsky

8:30 Official Welcome Steve Davy, CEO Hydro Tasmania

Session 1: Australian Projects

8:40 Isolated Power System Modernisation Ray Massie, Hydro Tasmania

9:10 Mining the Solar Resource Peter Drager, juwi

9:40 Cobber Pedy Hybrid RE Project Mark McNee, Energy Developments

Q&A session 10:10 Q&A session Moderator: Dr James Hamilton

10:40 Morning tea and networking

Session 2: Tasmanian Projects

11:00 Bruny Island Consort Laura Jones, TASNetworks

11:30 Flinders Island Renewable Energy Paul Fulton, FIRE

12:00 Wild Cattle Hill & Agnew Mine John Titchen, Goldwind Australia

Q&A session 12:30 Q&A session Moderator: Dr Evan Franklin

1:00 Lunch and networking

Session 3: International Projects2:00 Alaska Hybrid Diesel Application Gwen Holdmann, Alaska Centre for Energy and Power

2:30 Hawaii Energy Resilience Richard Rocheleau, Hawaii Natural Energy Institute

3:00 Emergent microgrid applications Luc Marcouiller, Ingénieur en recherche chez (Hydro Québec)

3:30 Storage as a Service Sriram Emani, Younicos

Q&A session 4:00 Q&A session Moderator: Dr Sarah Lyden

4:30 Day One Recap and Close

MONA Gala Dinner 5:15 Meet at Brook St Pier for the 5:30 ferry service to the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA).

6:00 MONA gallery tour.

7:30 Gala Dinner, MONA

10:00 Coach departs back to Hobart.

DAY 1Wednesday 13 Nov. 2019 TECHNICAL WORKSHOP & MONA GALA DINNER

8:00

INNOVATION WORKSHOP

Image: Strathgordon hydro electric dam

Image: MONA Function

DAY 2 Thursday 14 Nov. 2019 TASMANIAN TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE & TOUR

9:30 - 10:30 Thunderbolt Mini Hydro Scheme

The 890 kW mini hydro scheme has an annual generation 0f 4.6GWh, using a head of just over 93.3m. Named after a nearby mountain, the Thunderbolt incorporates a suite of innovations to maximise its efficiency, viability, maintainability and ease of operation in a damless situation. The scheme was commissioned in April 2019.

11:00 - 12:00 Repulse Power Station Tour

Repulse Power Station is the eighth station in the Nive/Derwent scheme. The station was commissioned in 1967 and houses a single Boving kaplan turbine coupled to a Siemens generator.

The facilities at Repulse include a concrete arch dam, intake structure, a short penstock,

power station building, and associated facilities

1:30 - 3:30 Bonorong Sanctuary

Meet a true local, the Tasmanian Devil as we lunch at Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary on our return to Hobart.

4:00 - 5:00 Hobart Brewing Co.

We return to Hobart for a networking and happy hour at our favourite waterside brewery.

VIP Facility Access Including:

http://www.ipsconnect.org

Image: Studland Bay wind farm

Images: Nant Distillery (Top) Humboldt mini hydro scheme (Bottom)

DAY 3

Friday 15th Nov. 2019 TECHNICAL WORKSHOP

Day 1 recap and house keeping Conference Secretariat: Ben Thiessen

Session 4: Australian Projects

8:30 Lockhart River Solar Trial Dane Thomas, Energy Queensland

9:00 Kalbarri Microgrid Shervin Fani, Western Power

9:30 Willinga Park Micro-Grid Chris Pye, ComAp

Q&A session 10:00 Q&A session Moderator: Simon Gamble

10:30 Morning tea and networking

Session 5: Australian Projects

11:00 Onslow Power Project Laurie Curro, Horizon Power

11:30 Storage in Mining Masoud Abshar, Megellan Power

12:00 Solar Set-Up Dow Airen, Power and Water Corp.

Q&A session 12:30 Q&A session Moderator: Ray Massie

1:00 Lunch and networking

Session 6: International Projects

2:00 Emerging Micro-Grid Technologies

Choo Fook Hoong, REIDS, NTU

2:30 Renewable Ready Pacific Projects Andrew Daka, Pacific Power Association

3:00 Ouatom Solar + Storage Project Nicolas CAZÉ, Enercal Energies Nouvelles

3:30 Tonga RE development project James Mason, Entura

4:00 Can Solar save the Grid Benjamin Kroposki, NREL

Q&A session

4:30 Q&A session & Workshop Close Moderator: Rick Rocheleau

CREPS Laboratory Tour (optional)5:00 Transit to University of Tasmania, Engineering Faulty, Sandy Bay

5:00 Refreshments

5:30 Centre for Renewable Energy and Power Systems (CREPS) Lab tour.

6:30 Tour Concludes

INVESTMENT WORKSHOP8:20-8:30

Image: Bluff Point wind farm

Image: Spectra Light Installation Hobart