Baran Yildiz
Baran is a Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets (CEEM). He completed his PhD in load forecasting & smart home energy systems, M.Sc. in Renewable Energy Engineering at UNSW and B.Sc with Honors in Mechanical Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey. Baran is currently leading two major projects on the control and coordination of domestic electric water heating systems to soak-up excess solar generation in networks: SolarShift (RACE for 2030) and Flexible demand trial (ARENA).
Baran previously lead Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) and RACE for 2030 projects focusing on the development of integrated smart home energy management systems and integration of distributed energy resources. Baran's research is multi-disciplinary and involves collaboration with leading industry partners of Australia's energy market. His research has been translated into real-world products benefiting energy users and network and featured in reports by Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC), Energy Security Board (ESB), CRC and other prime media outlets. Baran is the course convener and lecturer of SOLA 4012 Photovoltaic (PV) Systems Design in School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering (SPREE).
His main research interests include: integration of distributed energy resources, demand response and demand side management, residential and commercial electricity load analysis and forecasting, smart home energy systems, grid-connected PV systems and micro-grids.
For a list of publications please visit ResearchGate here and Google Scholar here
The following lists Baran's publications released through CEEM.

Publications
Title & place of publication | Author | Research area | Type | Links | Year |
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Real-world data analysis of distributed PV and battery energy storage system curtailment in low voltage networks | Baran Yildiz , Dr Naomi Stringer , Timothy Klymenko, Muhammad Syahman Samhan, Greg Abramowitz, Anna Bruce , Dr Iain MacGill, Renate Egan , Alistair B. Sproul | Electricity Markets & Restructuring, Technology Assessments | Journal Papers | Link | 2023 |
'An assessment of electric vehicles and vehicle to grid operations for residential microgrid', Energy Reports, 8 | Daniel O'Neil, Baran Yildiz , Jose I. Bilbao | Electric vehicles | Journal Papers | Link | 2022 |
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 , Dong Chen, Tim Lau, Shayan Naderi , Anna Bruce , Dr Iain MacGill, Renate Egan | Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation, Technology Assessments | Articles | Link | 2022 |
A review of services and value provided by EV managed charging | Liping Wang, Baran Yildiz , Anna Bruce | Electric vehicles | Conference Papers | 2022 | |
Modelled financial outcomes for community-scale batteries | Phoebe (Heywood) Dennis , Rob Passey , Baran Yildiz | Large-scale Renewable Energy | Conference Papers | Link | 2022 |
Shifting domestic electric water heating to solar hours reduces battery capacity requirements by 80%: a case study in regional Victoria | William Ertler, Baran Yildiz , Marnie Shaw | Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation | Conference Papers | Link | 2022 |
"Curtailment and network voltage analysis study,"2021 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Asia (ISGT Asia), 2021 | Baran Yildiz , Dr Naomi Stringer , Sophie Adams , Shanil Samarakoon , Anna Bruce , Iain MacGill , Alistair B. Sproul | Electricity Markets & Restructuring, Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation | Journal Papers | link | 2021 |
'Analysis of electricity consumption and thermal storage of domestic electric water heating systems to utilize exess PV generation', Energy, 235 | Baran Yildiz , Jose I. Bilbao, Mike Roberts , Simon Heslop , Jonathan Dore, Anna Bruce , Iain MacGill , Renate Egan , Alistair B. Sproul | Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation | Journal Papers | link | 2021 |
'Assessment of control tools for utilizing excess distributed photovoltaic generation in domestic electric water heating systems', Applied Energy, 300 | Baran Yildiz , Mike Roberts , Jose I. Bilbao, Simon Heslop , Anna Bruce , Jonathon Dore, Iain MacGill , Renate Egan , Alistair B. Sproul | Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation | Journal Papers | link | 2021 |
'Curtailment and Network Voltage Analysis Study (CANVAS)', Race for 2030, 2021 | Baran Yildiz , Sophie Adams , Shanil Samarakoon , Dr Naomi Stringer , Anna Bruce , Iain MacGill | Electricity Markets & Restructuring, Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation | Reports and Working Papers | Full Report, Succinct Report | 2021 |
Solar curtailment is emerging as a new challenge to overcome as Australia dashes for rooftop solar | Baran Yildiz , Sophie Adams , Shanil Samarakoon , Dr Naomi Stringer | Electricity Markets & Restructuring, Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation | Media | Link | 2021 |
'UNSW submission to AS4777.2 draft' | Naomi Stringer , Baran Yildiz , Anna Bruce , Iain MacGill | Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation, Technology Assessments | Submissions | link | 2020 |
Voltage Analysis of the LV Distribution Network in the Australian National Electricity Market | Simon Heslop , Stringer, N. , Yildiz, B. , Bruce, A. , Heywood, P. , MacGill, I., Passey, R. | Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation | Reports and Working Papers | pdf (42Mb) | 2020 |