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Three months with ABB in Switzerland – my 1st quarterly report

Feb 102012

Please find attached here a publicly distributable copy of my first quarterly E. S. Cornwall Scholarship report outlining my period of employment from the 10th October 2011 to the 10th January 2012.

During my first three months with ABB, I have been involved with the system level detailed design for two of Powerlink’s iPASS IEC 61850 upgrade projects – Millmerran and Bulli Creek.

To date, I have undertaken the IEC 61850 system level engineering and MicroSCADA application engineering for both of these substations.

This experience has provided valuable insight into the tools, processes and philosophies that ABB employ in IEC 61850 system design. It should be noted that due to the confidential nature of the work I have undertaken I am not able to include any technical information relating to ABB specific tools and processes.

For my next quarter I will be continuing with ABB (details discussed in my report) – before moving on to work with a utility and consultancy firm.

I welcome your feedback on this report and my goals for the next quarter.

Applications open – work with UK Power Networks, on Low Carbon London

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Feb 062012

Do you know of young engineers who may be interested in working for UK Power Networks on the Low Carbon London project? If so, please point them at this opportunity.

Working on one of the world’s flagship programs like Low Carbon London (with its focus on climate change, renewable energy, energy conservation and smart networks) would provide a young engineer with invaluable experience so they can then return and apply this knowledge to Queensland’s power industry.

Please refer these attached details of the Low Carbon London Project:
(a) This general information pack (7Mb)
(b) The project directions document

This is a special ES Cornwall Memorial Scholarship award tenable for 6 to 12 months to enable the scholar to undertake paid professional employment with UK Power Networks in London on the project.

The award is open to engineering graduates from all Queensland universities with a preference for graduates with three to five years experience who would benefit from the placement and are currently either:
(a) working in the power industry or
(b) as an early career power engineering academic at one of Queensland’s universities.

The award recipient will receive a total grant of Aud$10,000 to cover the cost of travel and relocation costs that will supplement the salary of approximately £20,000 p.a to be paid by UK Power Networks whilst working on their project.

Whilst not being a highly paid assignment, this is a great opportunity for personal development and professional experience.

Applications for this E.S. Cornwall Memorial Scholarship Award close on 24^th February 2012 using this attached application form:
(a) Application form DOC; or
(b) Application form PDF

Also, please refer to this additional information about the award.

Simon Bartlett
Chairman
ES Cornwall Scholarship Advisory Committee

PS – This 1st quarterly report from the current scholar, Donald McPhail, provides further background on Low Carbon London.

My 2nd Quarter report – my final month working on DRMS at GE Energy and starting at Northern Powergrid

Posted by Jared McKee 1 Response »

Jan 302012

Please find attached the second quarterly report for the ES Cornwall Memorial Industry Scholarship which is a requirement set out in the scholarship rules.

This quarter consisted of two months at GE Energy finishing my first placement and one month at Northern Powergrid starting my final placement.

This quarter my responsibilities have included:

Developing the meter-level load forecasting algorithm for GE’s Demand Response Management System.
Negotiating contracts with demand response aggregators to provide demand reduction or increased generation from industrial and commercial customers in response to distribution networks constraints at Northern Powergrid.

Some details have been omitted to avoid revealing certain intellectual property of the host organisations.

I would welcome feedback and advice on the report, particularly concerning my proposed goals for the next quarter.

My 1st quarterly report – three months with Low Carbon London

Posted by Donald McPhail 1 Response »

Jan 272012

Please find attached my first quarterly report for the ES Cornwall Memorial Industry Scholarship for the period 5^th September 2011 to 5^th December 2011 during my employment with UK Power Networks.

During the initial three months of my placement with UK Power Networks, I have been a part of the Low Carbon London Programme, working as a Trial Design Engineer in the Solution Design Authority team.

The Low Carbon London programme is a UK Office of Gas and Electricity Markets’ (OFGEM) Low Carbon Network Fund supported demonstration programme focussed on the effect the transition to a low carbon economy will have on distribution networks. The programme is made up of a partnership of 13 companies, with UK Power Networks being the lead partner.

The key work I have carried out during this quarter has included the design of Electric Vehicle, Small Scale Embedded Generation, Network, and Residential Smart Meter trials, and the development of programme scope mapping to trials for a dependency management tool.

I would welcome any feedback and advice from the committee and all interested parties, regarding this report or my proposed goals for the next quarter.

Kind regards,

Donald McPhail

1st quarterly report – Initial learnings from GE’s Demand Response Management System (DRMS)

Posted by Jared McKee No Responses »

Oct 052011

This is my first quarterly report for the ES Cornwall Memorial Scholarship.

My current placement is with GE Energy in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. So far I have worked on both the Marketing team and the New Product Initiatives team.

This quarter, my responsibilities have included:

Assisting in the development of customer segmentation for Meralco (the largest electricity distributor in the Philippines)
Writing the user personas for the next version of GE’s DRMS (Demand Response Management System)
Developing the short-term load forecasting algorithm for GE’s DRMS in collaboration with the GE GRC (Global Research Center) team in Schenectady, New York and GE Projects team in Melbourne, Florida

You can read my 1st Quarterly Report (in PDF) here.

I would welcome your feedback and advice on the report, particularly concerning my proposed goals for the next quarter and placement.

My presentation, recapping my scholarship experiences in Europe

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May 042011

Upon my return from my ES Cornwall Scholarship, I was asked to provide some lectures on my experiences (this is part of the condition of the scholarship).

Here’s a copy of this Final Presentation (PDF) for your perusal.

This presentation touches on my experiences at OFGEM and EA Technology (both in the UK) and at Landis + Gyr (in France) where I investigated future distribution networks.

I also provide some notes on:
1) Highlights on my experiences; and
2) Some closing thoughts.

A summary of my experience abroad on the scholarship

Posted by Reena Kwong No Responses »

May 032011

This presentation was prepared in April 2011, following my return to Australia after my stint overseas on the scholarship.

It provides a summary of my experience – both with National Grid (in the UK) and the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) (in Canada).

Through my scholarship, I did achieve my objective of understanding more about the operational and planning approaches used in the integration of large-scale renewable energy into large, established electricity grids.

Transmission augmentation works

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May 022011

Summary of my experiences at Electricity Alliance East and Hydro One.

View Final Presentation (PDF)

A presentation on my scholarship learning and experience.

Posted by Jonathan Dennis No Responses »

May 012011

Upon my return from the ES Cornwall scholarship experiences in various parts of Europe and North America, I was invited to present of my experiences at a number of forums.

This Final Presentation (in PDF) provides a summary of my experiences – and includes some possible implications for the deployment of large-scale renewables in the Australian electricity supply industry.

In this presentation, I also discussed some aspects of personal growth and interest whilst on my time overseas.

I would welcome your comments on this presentation.

My final report covering learning about large centralised renewable generation

Posted by Jonathan Dennis No Responses »

May 012011

My scholarship ran from 2008 through until 2010.

I used my tenure of the scholarship principally to gain experience in the measures being applied internationally by transmission companies to manage the connection of large centralised renewable generation.

To this end, I spent a year and a half working in the British power industry – with consulting and transmission utility firms.

I also gained some insight into the situation throughout greater Europe and North America through technical visits, a couple of conferences, and involvement in an international working group.

My Final Report (in PDF) documents the impressions I gained from these experiences and my thoughts regarding how they might apply to the Australian context.

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