Our mission:

To advance research in the area of renewable energy and power engineering in Australia
To promote strategic cooperation between the University of Tasmania and Tasmanian Power Industries in the area of renewable energy and power engineering research
To establish the University of Tasmania as a world class research institution in the area of renewable energy and power engineering.

Our Research

Building greener electricity networks

New smart electricity technology has passed a major trial in Tasmania and has proven it can now help manage the supply of green energy from households to the grid.

Research Programs

Electrical Power

This program focuses on diverse and challenging problems facing the electric power industry in the 21st century.

Renewable Energy, Enabling and Storage Technologies

This program focuses on optimising the efficiency and overcoming challenges relating to energy generation, storage, transfer and conversion.

Sustainable and Emerging Technologies

This program aims at addressing the technical challenge in the application of low grade energy resources including geothermal energy, solar thermal, waste energy and coal-seam gas through a new multidisciplinary fundamental science-based approach.

Research Facilities

The Centre for Renewable Energy and Power Systems has access to several onsite laboratory facilities at the School of Engineering & ICT, including purpose built renewable energy, microgrid and power laboratories. Laboratories also maintain access to industry leading software packages for simulation, modelling and analysis in energy and power systems applications.

Events

Isolated Power Systems Connect

Our flagship annual event is Isolated Power Systems Connect, a utility and independent power producer forum hosted to facilitate knowledge sharing across operational remote area power systems. Details of the current and past IPS Connect events are available via the event website .

IPS Connect website