Smart Energy Asset Management Intelligence

The Challenge

Australia has world-leading per capita installation of distributed energy systems (e.g. Solar PV, Energy Storage...), but most of these are not monitored for performance due to high costs and technical challenges. Existing fault diagnosis is often conducted by a contractor going on site, which leads to delays and high costs. Some providers offer analytics via additional monitoring devices, however these do not have access to the detailed data available from the energy system’s own devices, and do not link insights to asset management systems.

The Solution

This project will enable automatic performance monitoring of distributed energy systems by leveraging in-built sensors in system inverters, power electronics and control systems. The knowledge, methods and algorithms developed as part of this project will provide smart energy asset owners with the actionable intelligence required to maintain their portfolio of systems. This will reduce operational administration for the asset owner, allow for financial and performance transparency, and ensure that maintenance regimes are optimised and tracked for asset owners.

Industry Partners

University Partners