Simon Heslop

School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering

s.heslop@unsw.edu.au

Simon is a Senior Research Associate in CEEM and at the School for Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering at UNSW. Simon's skillset and knowledge covers DER integration in LV networks, distribution network operation, as well as power flow analysis, energy control algorithms and optimisation, and energy data analysis. His PhD was on Facilitating the Technical Network Integration of Distributed PV Generation. His main research interests are all things DER related, both at the customer and network side. Simon favours applied research, linking academic with industry. Simon is an experienced electrical control engineer, having worked in both heavy industry and as a consultant for the electricity industry, primarily in SE Asia.

ResearchGate link here

The following lists Simon's publications released through CEEM.

Publications

Title & place of publication	Author	Research area	Type	Links	Year
Clustering based analysis of residential duck curve mitigation through solar pre-cooling: A case study of Australian housing stock	Shayan Naderi , Simon Heslop , Dong Chen, Dr Iain MacGill, Gloria Pignatta, Alistair B. Sproul	Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation	Articles	Link	2023
'Consumer cost savings, improved thermal comfort, and reduced peak air conditioning demand through pre-cooling in Australian housing', Energy and Buildings, 271	Shayan Naderi , Simon Heslop , Dong Chen, Iain MacGill , Gloria Pignatta	Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation, Technology Assessments	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
Demand response via pre-cooling and solar pre-cooling: A review	Shayan Naderi , Gloria Pignatta, Simon Heslop , Dr Iain MacGill, Dong Chen	Technology Assessments	Journal Papers	Link	2022
Impact of input error on PV system simulation under partial shading conditions	Laura Johnson, Mike Roberts , Anna Bruce , Simon Heslop	Technology Assessments	Conference Papers	Link	2022
Solar pre-cooling with different tariff structures and household time of use patterns	Shayan Naderi , Simon Heslop , Dong Chen, Dr Iain MacGill, Gloria Pignatta, Alistair Sproul	Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation	Conference Papers	Link	2022
'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
Characterisation of thermal energy dynamics of multi-zone residential buildings after pre-cooling	Shayan Naderi , Gloria Pignatta, Dr Iain MacGill, Simon Heslop , Dong Chen	Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation, Technology Assessments	Conference Papers	Link	2021
A review of air-conditioning trials in the NEM	Simon Heslop	Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation, Sustainability & general	Reports and Working Papers	link	2020
Analysis on the potential of solar pre-cooling	Simon Heslop	Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation, Sustainability & general	Reports and Working Papers	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
'A characterisation of air conditioning consumption in Australia’s eastern capitals' - Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference	Simon Heslop , Anna Bruce , Renate Egan , Iain MacGill	Electricity Markets & Restructuring, Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation	Conference Papers	link	2019
'A Practical Distributed Voltage Control Method for Efficient and Equitable Intervention of Distributed Devices', IET Smart Grid, DOI: 10.1049/iet-stg.2018.0197	Simon Heslop , Iain MacGill , John Fletcher	Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation	Journal Papers	link	2019
Maximum PV generation estimation method for residential low voltage feeders, Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks, 2016, Vol.7, p.58-69, ISSN: 23524677	Simon Heslop , Iain MacGill , John Fletcher	Electricity Markets & Restructuring, Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation	Journal Papers	link	2016
Maximum PV generation estimation tool for residential low voltage feeders: First-stage, 2015 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting : 26-30 July 2015, Denver, CO, USA / , 2015, p.1-5,ISBN: 1-4673-8041-5, 1-4673-8040-7	Simon Heslop , Iain MacGill , John Fletcher	Electricity Markets & Restructuring, Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation	Conference Papers	link	2015
'Maximum PV generation estimation tool'	Simon Heslop	Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation, Technology Assessments	Data files/spreadsheets	.xlsx	2014
Comparative analysis of the variability of fixed and tracking photovoltaic systems, Solar energy , 2014, Vol.107, p.351-364, ISSN: 0038-092X , 1471-1257	Simon Heslop , Iain MacGill	Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation, Technology Assessments	Journal Papers	link	2014
Method for Determining a PV Generation Limit on Low Voltage Feeders for Evenly Distributed PV and Load, Energy Procedia., 2014, Vol.57, p.207-216, ISSN: 1876-6102	Simon Heslop , Iain MacGill , John Fletcher, Simon Lewis	Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation	Journal Papers	pdf	2014
‘Magnetic Island and Townsville Solar City: A Case Study of Increasing PV Penetration in Electricity Networks’	Bruce, A. , Simon Heslop , MacGill, I., Watt, M.	Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation, Technology Assessments	Reports and Working Papers	pdf	2013
'Simple Method for Predicting the Output of Dual-Axis Tracking Systems from Fixed-Tilt System Outputs', at AUPEC, 2012.	Simon Heslop , MacGill I.F.	Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation, Large-scale Renewable Energy, Technology Assessments	Conference Papers	pdf	2012
'Operational Characteristics of a Cluster of Distributed Photovoltaic Systems', at the IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT) Asia Conference, in Perth, Nov 13-16, 2011	Simon Heslop , MacGill, I.F.	Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation, Technology Assessments	Conference Papers	pdf	2011