Jonathon Dore Head of Data Analytics Jonathon@solaranalytics
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Transcript of Jonathon Dore Head of Data Analytics Jonathon@solaranalytics
Visibility
Control
System owner
System provider
Industry
Visibility
System owner
System provider
Performance visibility
Performance visibility
Loadvisibility
Faultvisibility
Control
System owner
System provider
Control
Today will be overcast, we’re predicting less than 3 kwh
of solar generation, so we charged your battery this
morning during off-peak for a total of $0.96. You now
have 7.6kWh available.
Visibility
System owner
System provider
Visibility to help consumers
Visibility to help consumers
Visibility to help consumers
Visibility to help consumers
Visibility to help consumers
How it works
Detailed data
Visibility
System provider
Industry
Normalised power
Cloud-gazing
Voltage range
Voltage range
Faultvisibility
‘Data driven exploration of voltage conditions in the Low Voltage network for sites with distributed solar PV’
(2017), N. Stringer, A. Bruce and I. MacGill, Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference paper.
Voltage range by hour
Qld June 2017 daily profile Qld Jan 2017 daily profile
High-voltage
‘Possible System Security Impacts of Distributed Photovoltaics Response to Voltage Excursions’ (2018) N. Stringer, N. Haghdadi, A. Bruce, J. Riesz, I. MacGill, Manuscript in preparation
Torrens Island outage
• Aggregate distributed PV generation reduced ~42% (214 sites)
• Scales to:
o ~139MW PV loss across Greater Adelaide
o ~197MW PV loss across South Australia (incl. Greater Adelaide)
~150MW increase in demand
Visibility
Control
System owner
System provider
Industry
Data privacy?
Peer to peer?
Demand response?
Data resolution?
Jonathon Dore
Head of Data Analytics
