Alice Springs Future Grid Project

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The Alice Springs Future Grid project will focus on addressing barriers to further renewable energy penetration in the local electricity network. The Alice Springs Future Grid Project acknowledges that the Alice Springs power system faces a number of complex challenges to increasing the VRE penetration.The rapidly shrinking minimum daytime demand makes it difficult to provide system services, and will only become more problematic as higher volumes of renewables are integrated into the network. Alice Springs is facing challenges sooner than many other grids. The Alice Springs Future Grid is a collaborative project consisting of interdependent sub-projects. These sub-projects have specific focuses, including modelling, microgrid trials, household battery and tariff trials, developing new cloud forecasting techniques, dynamic export and dispatch of PV, and an investigation into wind resources. A strong community engagement element aims to educate and empower Alice Springs residents, while also focusing on regular sharing of lessons learnt.

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