SA Power Networks Market Active Solar Trial

Summary

Need

SA Power Networks (SAPN), together with Project Participants AGL Energy (AGL) and Simply Energy, will deliver the Trial which aims to demonstrate how distributed network service provider (DNSP) dynamic operating envelopes (DOEs) can act in concert with retailer-initiated schemes that actively manage the output of a customer’s solar inverter in response to market price signals.

Action

SA Power Networks (SAPN), together with Project Participants AGL Energy (AGL) and Simply Energy, will deliver the Trial which aims to demonstrate how distributed network service provider (DNSP) dynamic operating envelopes (DOEs) can act in concert with retailer-initiated schemes that actively manage the output of a customer’s solar inverter in response to market price signals.

Outcome

The objectives for the Project will be achieved through the following outcomes:

1. Increased value delivered by renewable energy by understanding the customer experience of participation in retailer and DNSP solar management schemes;
2. Comparison and interaction of two technical integration approaches for combining retailer solar management with DNSP flexible connection;
3. Understanding of customers’ economic outcomes through participation in retailer and DNSP solar management programs;
4. Understanding of the correlation between drivers for retailer curtailment and local network constraints represented in the DNSP DOE;
5. Recommendations for how the approaches developed in this trial can be extended to more complex distributed energy resources management including solar, batteries, EV chargers and those orchestrated in Virtual Power Plants; and
6. Recommendations for any future developments in Common Smart Inverter Profile – Australia (CSIP-AUS) technical standard to support these use-cases.