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Anna Bruce

School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering
Location
Room 318, Level 3, Tyree Energy Technologies Building
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A robust rule-based method for detecting and classifying underperformance in photovoltaic systems using inverter data Anna Bruce, Baran Yildiz, Bernardo Mendonca Severiano [1], Earl Duran [2], Jonathan Rispler [3], Jaysson Guerrero Orbe [4], Yinyan Liu [5], Fiacre Rougieux [6], Chris Martell [9] , Ibrahim Anwar Ibrahim [10] Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Journal papers
Thermal characterization of domestic electric water heating systems as distributed storage Ruby Klisser, Hossein Saberi, Anna Bruce, Baran Yildiz, David Saldivia [1] Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Journal papers
A methodological review of cost-effective data-driven fault detection and diagnosis in distributed photovoltaic systems Anna Bruce, Baran Yildiz, Yinyan Liu [1] , Earl Duran [2] , Bernardo Mendonca Severiano [5] , Ibrahim Anwar Ibrahim [6] , Jonathan Rispler [7], Chris Martell [8] , Fiacre Rougieux [9] Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Journal papers
UNSW Submission to AEMC Draft Report (Dec 2025) - Pricing Review: electricity pricing for a consumer-driven future Rob Passey, Anna Bruce, Anna Cain, Iain MacGill, Mike Roberts, Baran Yildiz, Kevin Say Electricity Markets & Restructuring Submissions
The right time for real-time? Stakeholder perspectives on the role of temporal matching in renewable energy procurement in Australia Shanil Samarakoon, Mike Roberts, Dylan McConnell, Ellie Kallmier, Iain MacGill, Anna Bruce Electricity Markets & Restructuring, Large-scale Renewable Energy Journal papers
SolarShift Project "Turning household water heating systems into MW batteries" Baran Yildiz, Hossein Saberi, Ruby Klisser, Anna Bruce, David Saldivia Salazar, Alistair Sproul Demand response and flexibility Reports and Working Papers
Submission to AEMC Pricing Review: electricity pricing for a consumer-driven future Rob Passey, Baran Yildiz, Mike Roberts, Abhijith Prakash, Simon Heslop, Dylan McConnell, Iain MacGill, Anna Bruce, Dani Alexander Electricity Markets & Restructuring Submissions
UNSW Submission to Senate Select Committee on Energy Planning and Regulation in Australia Dylan McConnell, Iain MacGill, Anna Bruce, Abhijith Prakash, Nicholas Gorman, Rob Passey, Mike Roberts, Bill Lilley, Dani Alexander Electricity Markets & Restructuring Submissions
Energy Trends Visualisation Tools, Final Report Iain MacGill, Anna Bruce, Dylan McConnell, Nargess Nourbakhsh, Ed Langham, Maartje Feenstra, Jaysson Guerrero Electricity Markets & Restructuring Reports and Working Papers
As Australia’s net zero transition threatens to stall, rooftop solar could help provide the power we need Anna Bruce, Baran Yildiz, Mike Roberts, Dani Alexander Electricity Markets & Restructuring Articles
Rooftop solar potential of Australian housing stock by tenure and dwelling type Mohammad Dehghanimadvar, Mike Roberts, Anna Bruce, Renate Egan Electricity Markets & Restructuring, Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Reports and Working Papers
24/7 TRUZERO submission - Response to DCCEEW’s Policy position paper for renewable electricity certification under the Guarantee of Origin scheme and for economy-wide use Anna Bruce, Mike Roberts, Dylan McConnell, Rob Passey, Shanil Samarakoon, Iain MacGill, Steve Hoy Electricity Markets & Restructuring Submissions
CEEM submission - Response to DCCEEW’s Renewable Electricity Guarantee of Origin Approach paper Shanil Samarakoon, Anna Bruce, Mike Roberts, Dylan McConnell, Iain MacGill Electricity Markets & Restructuring Submissions
Towards a repair research agenda for off-grid solar e-waste in the Global South Paul Munro, Shanil Samarakoon, Anna Bruce, Ulrich E. Hansen, Matthew Kearnes, Jamie Cross, Sarah Walker, Collen Zalengera Journal papers
Energy Resilience in Bushfires and Extreme Weather Events Sophie Adams, Mike Roberts, Shanil Samarakoon, Ellie Kallmier, Rob Passey, Anna Bruce, Declan Kuch, Renate Egan, Michael Dillon, Rachel Szczepaniak, Iain MacGill, Alison Potter Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation, Sustainability & general Reports and Working Papers
'Real-world data analysis of distributed PV and battery energy storage system curtailment in low voltage networks', Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 186 Baran Yildiz, Naomi Stringer , Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill, Renate Egan, Timothy Klymenko, Muhammad Syahman Samhan, Greg Abramowitz, Alistair B. Sproul Electricity Markets & Restructuring, Technology Assessments Journal papers
Quantifying reserve capabilities for designing flexible electricity markets: An Australian case study with increasing penetrations of renewables Abhijith Prakash, Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill, Rohan Ashby Electricity Markets & Restructuring Articles
'Impacts of electrifying public transit on the electricity grid, from regional to state level analysis', Applied Energy, 307 Katelyn Purnell, Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill Electric vehicles Journal papers
'Nempy: A Python package for modelling the Australian National Electricity Market dispatch procedure' Nicholas Gorman, Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill Electricity Markets & Restructuring Journal papers
'Insights on designing effective and efficient frequency control arrangements from the Australian National Electricity Market', Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 161 Abhijith Prakash, Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill Electricity Markets & Restructuring, Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Journal papers
'Impact of residential battery energy storage systems on the peak reverse power flows from distributed photovoltaic systems', Journal of Energy Storage, 52 Hou Sheng Zhou, Rob Passey, Anna Bruce, Alistair B. Sproul Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Journal papers
'Response to Capacity Mechanism Project High-level Design Paper' Abhijith Prakash, Declan Heim, Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill, Ashleigh Nicholls Electricity Markets & Restructuring Submissions
'Techno-economic assessment of the storage value of a novel modular Beam-Down Receiver CSP plant in Australia', Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference, 2022 Anna Bruce, David Saldivia and Robert A. Taylor Technology Assessments Extended abstract
'Impact of input error on PV system simulation under partial shading conditions', Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference, 2022 Mike Roberts, Anna Bruce, Simon Heslop, Laura Johnson Technology Assessments Extended abstract
'Decarbonising land transport in Micronesia: a case for electric vehicles', Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference, 2022 Edoardo Santagata, Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill Electric vehicles Extended abstract
'Opportunities for flexible resources to improve transmission utilisation in NSW Renewable Energy Zones', Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference, 2022 Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill, Ashleigh Nicholls Large-scale Renewable Energy Extended abstract
'Centralised battery operation for community owned embedded networks', Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference, 2022 Anna Bruce, Rob Passey, Laura Johnson Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Extended abstract
'Generating synthetic residential electricity load profiles using household characteristics', Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference, 2022 Zahra Rahimpour, Navid Haghdadi, Mike Roberts, Nargess Nourbakhsh, Anna Bruce Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Extended abstract
'A review of services and value provided by EV managed charging', Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference, 2022 Liping Wang, Baran Yildiz, Anna Bruce Electric vehicles Extended abstract
'The Emissions-based Social Benefits of Large-Scale Transmission', Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference, 2022 Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill, Bailey Chappel Large-scale Renewable Energy Extended abstract
'Impact of tariffs and system costs on optimal PV system size', Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference, 2022 Ellie Kallmier, Mike Roberts, Navid Haghdadi, Anna Bruce Technology Assessments Extended abstract
'A change in the air? The role of offshore wind in Australia's transition to a 100% renewable grid', The Electricity Journal, 35 Mike Roberts, Anna Bruce, Jonathan Rispler Electricity Markets & Restructuring, Large-scale Renewable Energy Journal papers
A Novel Temperature-Independent Model for Estimating the Cooling Energy in Residential Homes for Pre-Cooling and Solar Pre-Cooling Simon Heslop, Baran Yildiz, Mike Roberts, Shayan Naderi, Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill, Renate Egan, Dong Chen, Tim Lau Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation, Technology Assessments Journal papers
Aggregated impact of coordinated commercial-scale battery energy storage systems on network peak demand, and financial outcomes Hou Sheng Zhou, Rob Passey, Anna Bruce, Alistair B. Sproul Electricity Markets & Restructuring Journal papers
'Curtailment and Network Voltage Analysis Study (CANVAS)', Race for 2030, 2021 Baran Yildiz, Sophie Adams, Shanil Samarakoon, Naomi Stringer , Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill Electricity Markets & Restructuring, Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Reports and Working Papers
'A case study on the behaviour of residential battery energy storage systems during network and demand peaks,' Renewable Energy, 180 Hou Sheng Zhou, Rob Passey, Anna Bruce, Alistair B. Sproul Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Journal papers
'In conversation with UNSW’s Anna Bruce on distributed transformation',PV Magazine Anna Bruce Electricity Markets & Restructuring, Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Media
'Assessment of control tools for utilizing excess distributed photovoltaic generation in domestic electric water heating systems', Applied Energy Baran Yildiz, Mike Roberts, Simon Heslop, Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill, Renate Egan, Jose I. Bilbao, Jonathon Dore, Alistair B. Sproul Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Journal papers
'Analysis of electricity consumption and thermal storage of domestic electric water heating systems to utilize exess PV generation', Energy, 235 Baran Yildiz, Mike Roberts, Simon Heslop, Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill, Renate Egan, Jose I. Bilbao, Jonathan Dore, Alistair B. Sproul Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Journal papers
'Response to Energy Security Board's Post 2025 Market Design Options Papers' Abhijith Prakash, Kanyawee Keeratimahat, Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill, Rohan Ashby Electricity Markets & Restructuring, Large-scale Renewable Energy Submissions
'Curtailment and network voltage analysis study', IEEE, PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Asia (ISGT Asia), 2021 Baran Yildiz, Naomi Stringer , Sophie Adams, Shanil Samarakoon, Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill, Alistair B. Sproul Electricity Markets & Restructuring, Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Journal papers
'Response to Fast frequency response market ancillary service draft rule determination' Abhijith Prakash, Iain MacGill, Anna Bruce Electricity Markets & Restructuring Submissions
'Impact of High Solar and Wind Penetrations and Different Reliability Targets on Dynamic Operating Reserves in Electricity Generation Expansion Planning', Electricity Journal, 34 Yusak Tanoto, Iain MacGill, Anna Bruce, Navid Haghdadi Electricity Markets & Restructuring, Large-scale Renewable Energy Journal papers
Research and innovation agenda for energy resilience in Pacific Island Countries and Territories Anna Bruce, Paul Munro, Edoardo Santagata, Iain MacGill, Manu Rawali, Atul Raturi, Long Seng To Electricity Markets & Restructuring Journal papers
'Response to Reserve Services in the National Electricity Market Directions Paper' Abhijith Prakash, Nicholas Gorman, Iain MacGill, Anna Bruce Electricity Markets & Restructuring Submissions
Exogenous influences on deployment and profitability of photovoltaics for self-consumption in multi-apartment buildings in Australia and Austria Mike Roberts, Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill, Bernadette Fina, Hans Auer Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Journal papers
'Response to Frequency control rule changes directions paper' Abhijith Prakash, Iain MacGill, Anna Bruce Electricity Markets & Restructuring Submissions
'Response to the Energy Security Board's Post 2025 Market Design Consultation Paper' Iain MacGill, Anna Bruce, Abhijith Prakash Electricity Markets & Restructuring Submissions
'Workshop Background Paper: Energy Resilience in Pacific Island Countries & Territories' Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill, Paul Munro, Atul Raturi, Manu Rawali, Darcy Small, Ashleigh Nicholls, Thomas Jeffrey, Long Seng To Electricity Markets & Restructuring, Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation, Sustainability & general Reports and Working Papers
'UNSW submission to AS4777.2 draft' Naomi Stringer , Baran Yildiz, Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation, Technology Assessments Submissions
'Analysis of short-term operational forecast deviations and controllability of utility-scale photovoltaic plants', Renewable Energy Kanyawee Keeratimahat, Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill Electricity Markets & Restructuring, Large-scale Renewable Energy Journal papers
'Consumer-Led Transition: Australia's World-Leading Distributed Energy Resource Integration Efforts', IEEE Power and Energy Magazine, 18 Naomi Stringer , Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill, Navid Haghdadi, Peter Kilby, Jacqui Mills, Taru Veijalainen, Matt Armitage, Nigel Wilmot Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Journal papers
Voltage Analysis of the LV Distribution Network in the Australian National Electricity Market Simon Heslop, Naomi Stringer , Baran Yildiz, Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill, Rob Passey, Phoebe (Heywood) Dennis Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Reports and Working Papers
'Submission to the AER consultation paper: Assessing DER integration expenditure' Naomi Stringer , Anna Bruce, Mike Roberts, Sophie Adams, Iain MacGill, Katelyn Purnell, Hou Sheng Zhou Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Submissions
'Submission to the Australian Government’s Technology Investment Roadmap Discussion Paper – A framework to accelerate low emissions technologies' Iain MacGill, Anna Bruce Sustainability & general Submissions
'Submission to the Semi scheduled generator rule change(s) Issues paper' Abhijith Prakash, Kanyawee Keeratimahat, Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill Electricity Markets & Restructuring, Large-scale Renewable Energy Submissions
'Clustering based assessment of cost, security and environmental tradeoffs with possible future electricity generation portfolios', Applied Energy, 270 Yusak Tanoto, Navid Haghdadi, Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill Electricity Markets & Restructuring, Large-scale Renewable Energy Journal papers
'Observed behavior of distributed photovoltaic systems during major voltage disturbances and implications for power system security', Applied Energy, 260:114283 Naomi Stringer , Navid Haghdadi, Anna Bruce, Jenny Riesz, Iain MacGill Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Journal papers
How much rooftop solar can be installed in Australia? Mike Roberts, Anna Bruce, Kriti Nagrath, Chris Briggs, Jessie Copper, John Mckibben Reports and Working Papers
‘The value of flexible load in power systems with high renewable energy penetration’, Energy, 188 Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill, Zoe Hungerford Electricity Markets & Restructuring, Large-scale Renewable Energy Journal papers
'Inquiry Into Electric Buses in Regional and Metropolitan Public Transport Networks in NSW, Submission in response to the Committee on Transport and Infrastructure' Anna Bruce, Katelyn Purnell, Iain MacGill Submissions
'Survey based characterisation of energy services for improved design and operation of standalone microgrids', Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 101 Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill, Bhupendra Shakya Electricity Markets & Restructuring, Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Journal papers
'Opportunities and Barriers for Photovoltaics on Multi-Unit Residential Buildings: Reviewing the Australian Experience’, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 104 Mike Roberts, Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Journal papers
'Potential impacts of residential PV and battery storage on Australia's electricity networks under different tariffs', Energy Policy, 128 Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill, Sharon Young Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Journal papers
An Energy Data Manifesto, in Good Data, Edited by A. Daly, S.K. Devitt, and M. Mann, Institute of Network Cultures: Amsterdam. Declan Kuch, Naomi Stringer , Luke Marshall, Mike Roberts, Iain MacGill, Anna Bruce, Rob Passey, Sharon Young Sustainability & general Book chapters
'Photovoltaics on Apartment Buildings', Project report to Energy Consumers Australia Mike Roberts, Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill, Navid Haghdadi, Rob Passey, Jessie Copper, Rebecca Hu, Tyce Barton Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Reports and Working Papers
'Submission to SAPN’s Tariff Structure Statement for 2020-25 and their Pricing Proposal for 2019/20' Rob Passey, Iain MacGill, Navid Haghdadi, Anna Bruce Electricity Markets & Restructuring Submissions
'Characterisation of Australian apartment electricity demand and its implications for low-carbon cities', Energy, 180 Mike Roberts, Navid Haghdadi, Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Journal papers
‘A comparison of arrangements for increasing self-consumption and maximising the value of distributed photovoltaics on apartment buildings' Solar Energy, 193 Mike Roberts, Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Journal papers
'Impact of shared battery energy storage systems on photovoltaic self-consumption and electricity bills in apartment buildings', Applied Energy, 245 Mike Roberts, Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Journal papers
Brief overview of some CEEM work relevant to the Electricity Networks Economic Regulatory Frameworks Review 2018 Naomi Stringer , Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Submissions
'Who pays, who benefits? The financial impacts of solar photovoltaic systems and air-conditioners on Australian households’, Energy Research and Social Science, 39 Rob Passey, Muriel Watt, Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Journal papers
Submission in response to the Senate Select Committee on Electric Vehicles: Opportunities to facilitate electric mobility in Australia Katelyn Purnell, Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill, Sharon Young, David Dixon Electric vehicles Submissions
Submission to the Open Energy Networks Consultation Paper Rob Passey, Naomi Stringer , Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Submissions
'The future of Community Renewable Energy for electricity access in rural Central America', Energy Research & Social Science, 25 Anna Bruce, Muriel Watt, Rolando Madriz-Vargas Sustainability & general Journal papers
'Spatial Analysis of Solar Potential in Adelaide', prepared for the Australian PV Institute Anna Bruce, Mike Roberts, Jessie Copper Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Reports and Working Papers
Submission to the NEM VPP Demonstrations Program Consultation Paper Rob Passey, Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill Electricity Markets & Restructuring Submissions
’Submission to Select Senate Committee into the Resilience of Electricity Infrastructure in a Warming World’, Feb Iain MacGill, Anna Bruce, Sharon Young Sustainability & general Submissions
'Submission to the Independent Review into the Future Security of the National Electricity Market‘ Iain MacGill, Anna Bruce, Declan Kuch, Luke Marshall, Naomi Stringer , Sharon Young Electricity Markets & Restructuring Submissions
'Submission to the AEMC review of regulatory arrangements for embedded networks’ Mike Roberts, Rob Passey, Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Submissions
'Submission in response to the AEMC’s Distribution Market Model draft report, AEMC Project Number SEA0004’ Naomi Stringer , Mike Roberts, Rob Passey, Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill, Sharon Young Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Submissions
'Designing more cost reflective electricity network tariffs with demand charges', Energy Policy, 109 Rob Passey, Navid Haghdadi, Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Journal papers
'A method to estimate the location and orientation of distributed photovoltaic systems from their generation output data’, Renewable Energy, 108 Navid Haghdadi, Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill, Copper, J. Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Journal papers
'Impact of Distributed Photovoltaic Systems on Zone Substation Peak’, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 9 Navid Haghdadi, Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill, Rob Passey Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Journal papers
’Submission in response to the AEMC’s draft report on the review of regulatory arrangements for embedded networks' Mike Roberts, Rob Passey, Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Submissions
’The future of Community Renewable Energy for electricity access in rural Central America’, Energy Research & Social Science, 35 Anna Bruce, Muriel Watt, Madriz-Vargas, R. Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation, Sustainability & general Journal papers
’Community renewable energy in Panama: a sustainability assessment of the “Boca de Lura” PV-Wind-Battery hybrid power system’, Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability, 2 Anna Bruce, Muriel Watt, Madriz-Vargas, R., Alvarez, H. Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation, Sustainability & general Journal papers
Tariff Design and Analysis Tool Users Guide Navid Haghdadi, Rob Passey, Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill, Sharon Young Electricity Markets & Restructuring Reports and Working Papers
'Submission to the Climate Change Fund Draft Strategic Plan 2017-2022’ Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill, Graham Mills Sustainability & general Submissions
'AUSTRALIA’S CLIMATE POLICY OPTIONS, Submission in response to the Climate Change Authority’s Special Review Second Draft Report' Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill, Neil Raffan Sustainability & general Submissions
CEEM Submission to the AEMC Consultation Paper: National Electricity Amendment (Local Generation Network Credits) Rule 2015 Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill, Rob Passey, Naomi Stringer Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Submissions
'Photovoltaics in Australia: Time for a rethink', IEEE Power & Energy Iain MacGill, Anna Bruce Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Articles
'How the networks fiddle with data to trash rooftop solar PV', RenewEconomy Iain MacGill, Anna Bruce Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation Media
'A review of the potential benefits and risks of photovoltaic hybrid mini-grid systems', Renewable Energy, 67  Anna Bruce, Iain MacGill, Hazelton, J. Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation, Technology Assessments Journal papers
'Energy White Paper 2014, Green Paper Submission’ Iain MacGill, Jenny Riesz, Peerapat Vithayasrichareon, Anna Bruce, Raffan, N. Sustainability & general Submissions
‘Magnetic Island and Townsville Solar City: A Case Study of Increasing PV Penetration in Electricity Networks’ Anna Bruce, Simon Heslop, Iain MacGill, Muriel Watt Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation, Technology Assessments Reports and Working Papers