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.

Sophie Adams headshot

Publications

Title & place of publication Author Research area Type Links Year
"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