Research Activity required for future energy supply
IEEE seminar on 'Research Activity required for future energy supply'
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- Date: 01 Mar 2016
- Time: 04:00 PM to 06:00 PM
- All times are (UTC+10:00) Brisbane
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- Staff House Road
- St Lucia, Queensland
- Australia 4072
- Building: Advanced Engineering Building number # 49
- Room Number: 502
- Starts 18 February 2016 08:25 AM
- Ends 26 February 2016 05:00 PM
- All times are (UTC+10:00) Brisbane
- No Admission Charge
Speakers
Bevan Holcombe
Research Activity required for future energy supply
Renewable energy, in particular PV and energy storage is challenging the traditional electricity generation and distribution business model. Solar PV generation is cost competitive with customer energy today. Bringing down the cost of energy storage is the next technology and economic challenge. Once mastered, the traditional energy supply business model will be obsolete and replaced by a distributed renewable energy supply model.
The form of the distributed energy supply model is evolving and is being directed by technologies not well suited to equal the availability, reliability and efficiency of the traditional energy supply.
Most of the innovation in distributed energy supply is being led by non-utility companies. New start-up companies are setting the direction and pace of technology development. Research institutions should be directing their research and teaching efforts to align and partner with these companies.
Biography:
Bevan worked in the utility industry in various positions for over 30 years. He is currently CEO of Elevare Energy a small start-up company in Brisbane specialising the distributed renewable energy services and equipment. Elevare Energy is sponsoring 2 research projects with collaborating Universities
Bevan Holcombe
Research Activity required for future energy supply
Biography: