Enhancing grid resilience towards net-zero
The Melbourne Energy Institute invites you to its fifth seminar in the Powering the Future series, presented by Dean Sharafi and Dr. Mohammad Mohammadi from Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO), and Prof. Pierluigi Mancarella, from the University of Melbourne.
Australia’s electricity systems are undergoing one of the fastest energy transitions in the world, driven by large-scale renewable integration, storage deployment, electrification, and the retirement of conventional generation. At the same time, the resilience of both the National Electricity Market (NEM) on the east coast and the South-West Interconnected System (SWIS) in Western Australia is being tested by increasingly complex operational conditions, extreme weather events, fuel supply interactions and changing demand patterns.
This session will explore the evolving concept of power system resilience from both operational and planning perspectives. By comparing experiences and emerging challenges across Australia’s east and west coast grids, the session will provide insights into how resilient, reliable and economically sustainable power systems can be designed to support the net-zero energy transition.
