Horizon Power Business Model Pilot Phase 1

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Horizon Power is conducting a pilot project to test the commercial viability of delivering decentralised, high penetration renewable energy to entire towns across regional Australia, and prove that distributed energy resources (DER) can increase renewable energy penetration on existing microgrids.Key resultsHorizon Power is transforming its business model from predominantly centralised fossil-fuelled generation to largely decentralised energy delivery into its networks. We foresee our customers playing an increasingly important role in providing energy for their communityThe project has broadened our understanding of the impact of the energy transition on Horizon Power’s business model, system planning, technology choices, operational practices, and the development of innovative customer-facing productsHorizon Power conducted a series of Distributed Energy Resource (DER) technology trials which added considerable knowledge to our understanding of DER aggregation into virtual power plants and how to orchestrate DER in a microgrid settingThe trials have helped us build a clearer understanding of the technical and economic viability of a high penetration DER business future for towns across regional Australia.

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