My initiatives and engagements in the transport sector fall broadly into the following categories.

Vehicle-to-grid

I have a leading role in the largest demonstrations of vehicle-to-grid technology in Australia, together with one of the most holistic studies of how the technology may mature from its current niche to normality.

All V2G posts are here.

Policy

My contributions to transport sector planning tend to focus on the grid integration of electric vehicles (of all varieties).

All Policy posts are here.

Solar car

I’m the Academic Champion of the ANU Solar Car team.

All Solar car posts are here.

Latest posts

• Publication of electric bus & depot model
  RouteZero, our tool for simulating the energy consumption of electricbuses on any given bus route and the grid impacts of charging them at a bus depot has been published in a Nature Portfolio special issue https://www.nature.com/articles/s44333-024-00008-2.epdf The tool is now also availble opensource in its entirity https://github.com/bsgip/RouteZero/ While the easy to use web version remains… Continue reading →
• Flat fees for flexible EVs
  This study builds upon the recently published Unplugged is inflexible report to explore one avenue by which EV drivers could be incentivised to:  While there are many avenues by which this could be done, we here explore the potential for EV drivers to be offered very simple, flat retail offers based solely on how often… Continue reading →
• 2024 ACT Emerging Scientist of the Year
  I’m very honoured to be named as the ACT Emerging Scientist of the Year today. I thought I’d share the 60 second video I made for the application.
• Unplugged is inflexible – How drivers’ plug in behaviour determines the flexibility of electric vehicle (dis)charging
  In a neat little project for the ACT Government I analyse the (IMO oft overlooked) critical step of when EV drivers plug in their vehicles. If they’re not plugged in for substantially longer than required for charging then EVs are not the fabulously flexible load that they could be.
• Australian vehicle-to-grid expert says research shows even greater benefits are possible
  Dr Björn Sturmberg, who is the research leader of ANU’s Battery Storage and Grid Integration Program says vehicle-to-grid offers multifaceted solutions to Australia’s energy woes including reduced prices and increased grid resilience. Sturmberg thinks EV owners can get an even better deal than free charging when it comes to V2G. “The opportunities for V2G to generate revenue… Continue reading →