As the Australian Energy Storage Conference transitions to...

As the Australian Energy Storage Conference transitions to Adelaide 2018, it is important to explore and represent the many different applications, use cases, and technologies that make up the Energy Storage umbrella. This is not a ‘one size fits all’ technology, but rather a ‘solution to fit every situation,’ the common theme being the efficient use of energy. In that vein, the theme of AES 2018 will be ‘Storing Energy for a Sustainable Future,’ and take a wide focus on the technologies that will help us achieve this goal.


Topics:

• Microgrid Case Studies (both on and off-grid)
• Energy Storage for Peak Shaving/Load Shifting
• Pumped Hydro Energy Storage
• Mechanical Energy Storage (Flywheels and Compressed Air)
• Thermal Energy Storage
• Hydrogen (Electrolysis and Fuel Cell Case Studies)
• Software Solutions for Energy Storage
• Utility Energy Storage (Various Applications)
• Flow Batteries
• Energy Storage for Mining, Telecom, and Remote Communities
• Future Technologies
• Pacific Island Case Studies

One of the topics being discussed by Toby Price will be the Garden Island Microgrid Project.  

Whatever extra grid infrastructure is being added to the Garden Island Microgrid Project, it must be substantial.  It will have taken somewhere between six and nine months past when the solar farm was finished to complete by the time it is commissioned next quarter.

I am thinking that whatever they are putting in must be way above what they require for the smallish microgrid that they currently have.

"Carnegie’s Garden Island Micro-Grid project is a network-connected microgrid that integrates existing diesel generation and grid infrastructure with a 2MW solar PV farm and 2MW/0.5MWh BESS and microgrid control system, to be commissioned in Q3 FY18."

https://australianenergystorage.com.au/abouttheprogram/

https://australianenergystorage.com.au/speaker/toby-price/