Thinking Energy
At Gridcognition, we’re always thinking energy – musings, ponderings, predictions – we can’t get enough of it. Stay up to date and follow our journey as we work to build the software that enables the future of energy around the world.
Which network provides the strongest price signal for solar and batteries?
The TL;DR We simulated the same behind-the-meter commercial solar and battery project across the 14 distribution networks that make up the WEM and NEM. We found that there could be up to a 150% difference in the network tariff savings based on the very same...
Aggregating the future in the US
In September 2020, the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued Order 2222, which removed barriers to the participation of distributed energy resources (DERs) in wholesale electricity markets for energy, capacity, and ancillary services. DERs including roof-top...
Battery Storage in a 5-minute Market
On 1 October 2021 the National Electricity Market on Australia’s east coast will take the significant step of moving from 30-minute to 5-minute settlement. This will doubtless have lots of interesting ramifications, one of which is likely to be that anyone who...
EV Charging: Friend or Foe?
Electric Vehicles are going to be a very big deal for energy systems right around the world. Even at their simplest they are pretty serious energy assets, with a relatively small EV like a Nissan Leaf still having a battery several times larger than a typical...
FCAS: The value stream everyone’s talking about
In recent times contingency FCAS has become a very lucrative revenue stream for participants in the NEM able to offer services into the various contingency markets. In particular, owners of battery storage systems have trousered some serious coin, often...
New Price Floor Milestone for Western Australian Wholesale Energy Market
Today the WA Wholesale Electricity Market hit the price floor of -$1000/MWh for the first time on a weekday. The long-term trend is clear, driven by the increasing decentralisation of energy.
Western Australia lets the tires down on rooftop solar
Yesterday, WA’s government announced a change to the regulated feed-in-tariff that’s offered to residential owners of solar PV. From November 2020, rather than receiving a flat 7c/kWh for excess solar exported to the grid, the new scheme will incorporate a...
Solar PV isn’t just about yield
Inspired by the lively discussion that resulted from Gavin Mooney's recent post on what direction to point roof-top solar systems, we crunched a few numbers to help inform the conversation. The analysis looks at a single commercial load shape (I picked an office...