Sophie Adams

School of Humanities and Languages

s.m.adams@unsw.edu.au

Sophie is a human geographer and Science and Technology Studies scholar, and has a research background in climate change impacts and adaptation. She is currently engaged in social science research on the challenges of building renewable and resilient energy systems in a changing climate, with interests in household energy users’ experiences and engagement with distributed energy resources, and the ways that climate science is used in energy system operations and planning. Current projects include ESKIES, which is exploring how households manage power supply disruptions during extreme weather events. Past projects include co-leading the ‘Social License to Automate’ Annex of the International Energy Agency’s Users-Centred Energy Systems Technology Collaboration Programme.

Research Gate link here

The following lists Sophie's publications released through CEEM.

Publications

Title & place of publication	Author	Research area	Type	Links	Year
Energy Resilience in Bushfires and Extreme Weather Events	Sophie Adams , Mike Roberts , Shanil Samarakoon , Ellie Kallmier, Michael Dillon, Alison Potter, Rachel Szczepaniak, Rob Passey , Anna Bruce , Declan Kuch , Dr Iain MacGill, Renate Egan	Sustainability & general	Reports and Working Papers	Link	2023
Social license to automate batteries? Australian householder conditions for participation in Virtual Power Plants	Mike Roberts , Sophie Adams , Declan Kuch	Electricity Markets & Restructuring, Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation	Articles	Link	2023
"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
'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
'Social license to automate: A critical review of emerging approaches to electricity demand management', Energy Research and Social Science, 80	Sophie Adams , Declan Kuch , Lisa Diamond, Peter Fröhlich, Ida Marie Henriksen, Cecilia Katzeff, Marianne Ryghaug, Selin Yilmaz	Electricity Markets & Restructuring, Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation	Journal Papers	link	2021
Rewarding residential electricity flexibility - Customer friendly cost-reflective tariffs and incentives (RACE for 2030: H4 Opportunity Assessment)	Mike Roberts , Rob Passey , Sophie Adams		Reports and Working Papers	pdf (6.7Mb)	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
'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
Ecogeneration "The VIPs in the VPP … putting users at the centre"	Mike Roberts , Sophie Adams , Declan Kuch , Jonathan Dore	Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation	Media	Link	2020
VPP User Research - Final Report	Mike Roberts , Sophie Adams , Declan Kuch	Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation	Reports and Working Papers	RG, Link	2020

Events

Event	Presenter	Type	Research area	Location	Date
The VIPs in the VPP	Terry Mohn, Allan Coller, Rod Woolley, Geoff Lamb, Sophie Adams , Katherine Lake	Conference	Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation	online	Thursday, October 15, 2020