Katelyn Purnell
School of Photovoltaics and Renewable Energy Engineering
Katelyn is a PhD Candidate in CEEM and at the School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, UNSW. Her work investigates electric vehicles and their integration into long term electricity system planning, with a strong focus on multi-modal vehicles and cross sector integration. Katelyn has a Bachelors of Renewable Energy Engineering from UNSW and previously worked in Life Cycle Assessment for the Built Environment.
ResearchGate link here.

Publications
Title & place of publication | Author | Research area | Type | Links | Year |
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'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 | Link | 2022 |
'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 | link | 2020 |
'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 | 2019 | ||
'Electrified Transport Opportunities for Low Carbon Mobility in Australian Cities', APSRC 2018, Sydney, Australia | Katelyn Purnell , Anna Bruce , Iain MacGill | Electric vehicles | Conference Papers | 2018 | |
Submission in response to the Senate Select Committee on Electric Vehicles: Opportunities to facilitate electric mobility in Australia | Katelyn Purnell , Sharon Young, David Dixon, Anna Bruce , Iain MacGill | Electric vehicles | Submissions | 2018 |