The Community Energy Future Portarlington Community Association 22 June 2019
Regulated Energy Services Commercial Energy Services Who is Mondo Power? Mondo Power is an unregulated energy business under AusNet Services. We are an energy company with expertise in generation and storage assets. We only use quality components combined with network planning expertise and emerging energy management hardware and software. We identify real project costs and issues which are often overlooked by other providers. Our core values focus on safety, quality, teamwork and delivery. Regulated Energy Services Commercial Energy Services Delivering smart energy solutions for businesses, whether you have one premises or multiple buildings or locations. Mondo provides smart energy management, capture and control systems which assist with energy monitoring, optimisation, cost reduction and integration with on-site energy generation and storage
Community Energy in the Barwon Region
The Yackandandah Journey COMMUNITY ENERGY The Yackandandah Journey
The Yackandandah Mini Grid Key project figures: 14 houses with 110kWh of battery storage and over 50kW of solar PV Designed to facilitate energy sharing Over 500kW of solar power covering more than 100 houses 170 Mondo Ubi devices deployed Mondo Ubi is designed and assembled in Victoria Government microgrid grant received
Yackandandah Road Map The Community Mini Grid Vision
Community Microgrid What is it?
The Mini Grid Helping Connect Communities
Customer Portal https://myubi.mondopower.com.au
Benefits of Mondo Microgrid Household Level Energy Data Visualisation – control of energy usage Community Milestones – how has Portarlington performed Export Limiting – avoids ‘wasted’ generation Hot Water Boost Control – shift hot water to best time of day Load Control – simple on/off of controlled circuits (i.e. spa, lighting, bore pump, irrigation pump) Alerts “Helpful Hints” Quality Assurance – system performance Community Level Energy sharing economy realised via community focussed retailer Integration with network to boost electricity security and facilitate solar integration Participation in the future aggregation market Participation in demand management market
DEAKIN MICROGRID
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SUPPORTING SLIDES
Why are we here and where are we going? THE GRID Why are we here and where are we going?
GRID MANAGEMENT in the past
GRID MANAGEMENT the present
GRID MANAGEMENT the future
GRID MANAGEMENT the virtual network
Specs of UBI
Mondo Ubi Capability Snapshot Visualisation in Mondo Ubi Portal 5 second interval data (3x Load Circuits + Solar & Battery System) * Near real-time Revenue Grade Metering Dynamic Active Power Limitation of the Solar & Battery Inverter between 0-100% (Export Limit) Active, Reactive & Power Factor Control Energy Ochestration and Fleet Control (Mini Grid) Hotwater Control via Mondo Portal (Boost & Optimise) DRED Controller (Air-Conditioners, Electric Storage Heaters, Solar & Battery Inverters) Simple Load Control on/off (pool pump, spa, etc) Integrated WiFi & 3G/4G External Interfaces (1x RS485, 1x RS232, 1x RJ45, 4x USB)