Ted Spooner
Ted is a Senior Visiting Fellow in Energy Systems. His interests include: Design of remote area power supply (RAPS) and grid connected renewable energy systems. Investigation of protection systems for electricity grid interactive inverter systems. Harmonic analysis of RAPS and grid connected inverter systems. Design of medium power inverter systems for a motor control, remote residential power, grid connected photovoltaic systems and the application of microcontroller systems for their control. Microcomputer applications applied to power electronics particularly in the area of renewable energy conversion systems.
Publications
| Title & place of publication | Author | Research area | Type | Links | Year |
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| 'Investigating the Value of Making Hourly Operational Decisions for Residential Distributed Energy Resources', in Proc. IEEE PES2012, San Diego, July | Pedrasa, M.A., MacGill I.F., Spooner, T. | Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation | Conference Papers | 2012 | |
| 'The Potential Impacts of Grid-connected Distributed Generation and How to Address Them: A Review of Technical and Non-technical Factors', Energy Policy, 39(10), p6280-6290. | Passey, R., Spooner, T., MacGill, I., Watt, M., Syngellakis, K. | Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation, Technology Assessments | Journal Papers | 2011 | |
| 'Robust Scheduling of Residential Distributed Energy Resources Using a Novel Energy Service Decision-Support Tool', at the 2nd IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT 2011) Conference, Jan 17-19, 2011, Anaheim, California, USA. The associated poster is also available . | Pedrasa, M. A., Spooner, E. D., MacGill, I. F. | Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation | Conference Papers | pdf, associated poster | 2010 |
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An Energy Service Decision-Support Tool for Optimal Energy Services Acquisition |
Michael Angelo Pedrasa, Ted Spooner, Dr Iain MacGill | Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation | Reports and Working Papers | 2010 | |
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'Scheduling of Demand Side Resources Using Binary Particle Swarm Optimization,' forthcoming in IEEE Transactions in Power Systems. |
Pedrasa M.F., Spooner, E.D., MacGill, I.F. | Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation | Journal Papers | 2009 | |
| 'Study of Grid-connect Photovoltaic Systems: Benefits, Opportunities and Strategies', Progress in Photovoltaics, 17, p419-431. | Passey, R., Watt, M., Snow, M., Outhred, H.[nid:330], Spooner, T. | Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation, Technology Assessments | Journal Papers | 2009 | |
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Improved Energy Services Provision through the Intelligent Control of Distributed Energy Resources, presented at the 2009 IEEE Bucharest PowerTech Conference, Bucharest, Romania, 28 June - 2 July 2009 |
Pedrasa, M. A., Spooner, E. D., MacGill, I. F. | Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation | Conference Papers | 2009 | |
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Dispatch of Interruptible Loads Using Binary Particle Swarm Optimization: A Comparison of Constraint-Handling Methods, in Proc. Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC'08), Sydney, December . |
Pedrasa, M.A., Spooner, E. D., MacGill, I. F. | Electricity Markets & Restructuring | Conference Papers | 2008 | |
| Study of Grid-connect Photovoltaic Systems - Benefits, Opportunities, Barriers and Strategies for the Western Australian Office of Energy. | Rob Passey, Muriel Watt, Hugh Outhred[nid:330], Ted Spooner, Mark Snow | Technology Assessments | Reports and Working Papers | pdf, appendices | 2007 |
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A Survey of Techniques Used to Control Microgrid Generation and Storage during island Operation, to be published in the proceedings of the AUPEC 2006 Conference, December 10-13, Melbourne, Australia |
Michael Pedrasa, Ted Spooner | Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation | Conference Papers | 2006 | |
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Photovoltaics and Peak Electricity Loads, Summer 2003-04, Report prepared for the BCSE, May 2005. |
Muriel Watt, Monica Oliphant, Hugh Outhred[nid:330], Iain MacGill, Ted Spooner, Scott Partlin | Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation, Technology Assessments | Reports and Working Papers | 2005 | |
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Analyses of Photovoltaic System Output, Temperature, Electricity Loads and National Electricity Market Prices - Summer 2003-04, ANZSES'04, Perth, November . |
Muriel Watt, Scott Partlin, Monica Oliphant, Hugh Outhred[nid:330], Iain MacGill, Ted Spooner | Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation | Conference Papers | pdf, associated presentation | 2004 |
| Development of a Standard Connection Agreement for Small Grid-Connected Renewable Energy Systems - Discussion Paper, for the Australian Greenhouse Office, January 2004 | Robert Passey, David Roche, Muriel Watt, Ted Spooner | Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation, Technology Assessments | Reports and Working Papers | 2004 | |
| Proposed Guidelines and Agreements for Small Grid-Connected Renewable Energy Systems - Final Report , for the Australian Greenhouse Office, December 2004 | Robert Passey, David Roche, Muriel Watt, Ted Spooner | Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation, Technology Assessments | Reports and Working Papers | 2004 | |
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The Value of PV in Summer Peaks Paper for EUPVSEC'04 European PV Solar Conference, Paris, June 2004 . |
Muriel Watt, Scott Partlin, Monica Oliphant, Hugh Outhred[nid:330], Iain MacGill, Ted Spooner | Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation, Technology Assessments | Conference Papers | 2004 |
Events
| Event | Presenter | Type | Research area | Location |
Date |
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| Growing Pains of an Emerging PV Industry | Ted Spooner | Seminar | Technology Assessments | CEEM, UNSW | Friday, April 1, 2011 |
| Workshop: PV Safety, Arcing and Fusing - March 26 2008 | Ted Spooner | Workshop | Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation | Friday, January 1, 2010 |
ABN: 57 195 873 179
Collaboration on Energy and Environmental Markets (CEEM), UNSW Sydney NSW 2052, Australia
Email ceem@unsw.edu.au | Authorised by: Iain MacGill
