Project overview
  • Lead Organisation

    ITP Renewables

    Location

    Australian Capital Territory

    ARENA Program

    Advancing Renewables Program

  • Start date

    6 April 2018

    End date

    27 June 2022

  • Project Partners
    United States Strategic Energy Analysis Center of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, The Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets, University of New South Wales, Energy Transitions Hub, University of Melbourne, ThoughtWorks Australia Pty Ltd, New South Wales State Government, Victorian State Government, South Australian State Government
    This renewables project was completed on 27 June 2022.

Summary

The Open Source Grid Integration Model for the National Electricity Market project will develop a detailed web-based open source grid integration and optimisation Modelling Tool for the Australian National Electricity Market (NEM).

How the project works

The Modelling Tool will allow users to perform extensive scenario modelling of the NEM with an array of input assumptions or explore pre-run plausible scenarios. The Modelling Tool’s open-source and freely available nature will enable the results to be verified, reproduced and extended by interested shareholders.

This project consists of:

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Last updated
19 April 2023

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Report: openCEM Knowledge Sharing Report

This is the final report for the Open Source Grid Integration Model for the NEM (openCEM) Project. It provides knowledge on key outcomes and lessons learnt.

Area of innovation

The Modelling Tool will address some key limitations of previous academic and industry studies and provide greater levels of detail. In particular, rather than modelling a static future energy system the work will focus on the transition path from the current system to possible future scenarios. The Modelling Tool will also seek to identify when and where existing electricity infrastructure should be retired and new capacity added to achieve desired future targets at least cost, while maintaining system reliability. This is expected to help drive investment in renewable energy through informing and supporting energy system planning and policy analysis.

Benefit

The Modelling Tool’s use will enable insights into potential pathways for the evolution of the NEM. Amongst other things, users will be able to examine the impact of:

  • economic and regulatory factors such as technology costs or changes in fuel prices;
  • technological changes, including improvement in the performance of energy generation and storage electricity, transmission, and energy use efficiency; and
  • specific large energy projects.

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Last updated 19 April 2023
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