Stuart Thorncraft

PhD - Wind Power Integration WINDFORNEM project Ph: +61 2 9385 4061 Fax: +61 2 9385 5993 Email: s.thorncraft(at)ieee.org Room 123, Electrical Engineering Building Stuart obtained undergraduate degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the UNSW in 1999. He commenced a part time PhD in 2003. Stuart also works in the electricity industry as a software engineer and consultant for Intelligent Energy Systems. His PhD research is focused on developing a framework within which to consider issues that arise in electricity industry restructuring. One of a number of specific issues his work has considered is the issue of integrating intermittent resources including wind into restructured electricity industries with a focus on issues for ancillary services and the management of power system security.

Publications available on CEEM website:

S. R. Thorncraft, H. R. Outhred, D. J. Clements, “Coordinating Technical and Commercial Decision-making within a restructured Electricity Industry”, published in the Proceedings of the IEEE power tech 2007, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1st-5th July 2007.

S. R. Thorncraft, H. R. Outhred, D. J. Clements, F. K. Barker, “Operation of Ancillary Service markets with large Amounts of Wind Power in the Australian NEM”, published in the proceedings of the American Wind Power Conference and Exhibition, LA, USA, 3rd-6th June 2007.

S. R. Thorncraft, H. R. Outhred, D. J. Clements, “Linear Electricity Spot Market Constraints for Managing Post-Separation Frequency Deviations”, published in the Proceedings of the IEEE PES General Meeting Tampa Florida, USA, June 24-28 2007.

S. R. Thorncraft, H. R. Outhred, “Experience with Market-Based Ancillary Services in the Australian National Electricity Market”, published in the Proceedings of the IEEE PES General Meeting Tampa Florida, USA, June 24-28 2007.

S. R. Thorncraft, H. R. Outhred, D. J. Clements, “Evaluation of Open-Source LP Optimization Codes in Solving Electricity Spot Market Optimization Problems”, Published in the Proceedings of the 19th Mini-Euro Conference on Operation Research Models and Methods in the Energy Sector, Coimbra, Portugal, 6th-8th September 2006.

S. R. Thorncraft, H. R. Outhred, D. J. Clements, “Heuristics to Assist in Overcoming the Complexity of a Restructured Electricity Industry”, published in the Proceedings of the IEEE PES General Meeting held in Montreal, Canada, 18th-22nd June 2006.

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