Electrification of Heating and Cooling Profiles

Project Completed

Enhanced System Planning (ESP) is a major research project led by C4NET aimed at informing sub-transmission level electricity planning beyond 2030. It brings together Victorian Universities and distribution companies (known in Australia as Distribution Network System Providers [DNSPs]) in a unique collaboration to update the modelling of infrastructure utilisation. The project outcomes will support the entire energy sector and help achieve an intelligent, optimised transition to renewable electricity and a clean energy system. The models and datasets produced will be transferable to industry through deep engagement with the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) and Victorian DNSPs.

Summary

This project is an element of Work Package 1 "Whole-Distribution Electrification Impact Assessment and Mitigation Options" of C4NET’s Enhanced System Planning (ESP) collaborative research project.

It develops physics-based models for space heating/cooling and domestic hot water, parameterized based on temperature, time of day, buildings and technologies mix, to generate high-granularity electrified heating and cooling demand profiles at different aggregation levels. This will help quantify the impact of the electrification of residential heating and cooling sector on the energy infrastructure.

This 1-year project (Feb 2023 to Feb 2024) is funded by the Centre for New Energy Technologies (C4NET) and involves the Australian distribution companies AusNet Services, CitiPower & Powercor, and United Energy as well as AEMO.

Our Team

Technologies Involved

  • Electrification of gas, building energy efficiency, electric heat pumps, domestic hot water tanks
  • Sub-transmission networks

Tools

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February 2024 (End)
  • Report with summary of input data and assumptions, and case study applications.
January 2024
  • Case studies for Victoria to assess current gas load profiles and new electrified profiles.
October 2023

✓ Aggregation of the NMI level profiles at the LV substation level (without network constraints), while including diversity and coincidence of various energy demand profiles.

July 2023

✓ High-resolution multi-parametric modelling of electrified thermal load and DER profiles for individual buildings (NMI level).

April 2023

✓ Literature review on studies and potential existing academic and commercial tools.

February 2023 (Start)

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Reports

Task 1: Literature Review, Apr 2023

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