Industry partners
Industry partners
Woodside
Woodside Energy and Monash University have joined forces to develop a state-of-the-art ‘living laboratory’ and long-term research partnership to support Australia’s low-carbon energy transition.
Read more about the partnership.
Honeywell
The research partnership between Honeywell Building Solutions and Monash University aims to deliver one of the world’s first "Cognitive Office" buildings.
Read more about the Monash Honeywell Collaboration.
C4NET
As a founding partner of the Centre for New Energy Technologies (C4NET), Monash University is collaborating with Victorian universities and industry to accelerate the deployment of new energy systems and improved data access and usage.
Australian Energy Market Operator
Monash University and AEMO have partnered on projects including in areas of energy demand forecasting, smart visualisation of energy networks, and power systems. AEMO has partnered with Monash University to deliver the prestigious Zema Energy Studies PhD Scholarship Program.
Indra
In partnership with global tech company Indra, Monash is developing a precinct scale microgrid platform as part of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) funded Smart Energy City project. Using Indra’s grid management platform, the Smart Energy City project will enable control of distributed energy resources, including a minimum of 1 MW of solar panels, 20 buildings, electric vehicle charging stations and 1 MWh of energy storage. These assets will be monitored in real-time, optimised to ensure efficient and reliable supply of electricity and connected to a transactive energy market which will allow each building to buy and sell electricity, and optimise energy use in response to pricing signals.
Read more about the microgrid.
AusNet Services
Monash University has collaborated with industry partners Ausgrid, AusNet Services and Energy Consumers Australia to embark on a three year, $2.3 million research project, to better understand how emerging technologies will impact our future energy needs. The Digital Energy Futures project, which is funded through the Australian Research Council’s Linkage Projects scheme, aims to further our knowledge around how energy consumers’ lifestyles and energy demand will change in the future.
Read more about digital energy futures.
Ausgrid
Monash University has collaborated with industry partners Ausgrid, AusNet Services and Energy Consumers Australia to embark on a three year, $2.3 million research project, to better understand how emerging technologies will impact our future energy needs. The Digital Energy Futures project, which is funded through the Australian Research Council’s Linkage Projects scheme, aims to further our knowledge around how energy consumers’ lifestyles and energy demand will change in the future.
Read more about digital energy futures.
Advisian
In collaboration with the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), Advisian and Monash University are investigating advanced short-term power generation forecasting technology for wind and solar farms.
Read more about short-term power generation forcasting.
AGL
The Australian Centre for Electromaterials (ACES) and AGL are investigating low-cost robust, high-activity hydrogen producing electrodes. The involvement of AGL supports a key feature of the project directed towards integration of renewable hydrogen into existing energy networks.
Read more about this investigation.
Data61
Researchers and PhD candidates from Monash Engineering, Science and IT, are currently collaborating with Data61 on a number of research projects.
Read more about these research projects.
United Energy
Climate Works conducted a United Energy study, funded by Monash Energy Institute seed fund to understand the behavioural drivers of consumers in energy reductions. Students were provided with weekly feedback on their individual energy demand in comparison to an average and an efficient student. This resulted in an average reduction in daily peak demand of up to 20% for these students.
Read more about the study.
Energy Consumers Australia
Monash University has collaborated with industry partners Ausgrid, AusNet Services and Energy Consumers Australia to embark on a three year, $2.3 million research project, to better understand how emerging technologies will impact our future energy needs. The Digital Energy Futures project, which is funded through the Australian Research Council’s Linkage Projects scheme, aims to further our knowledge around how energy consumers’ lifestyles and energy demand will change in the future.
Read more about digital energy futures.
GE
GE Digial partnered with Monash Engineering to equip students with hands-on experience in the Energy Management Systems that are used in industry, through a $5.45m software donation of the GE e-terra platform suite and the GE Digital Energy ADMS platforms.
Read more about this partnership.
ANT Energy Solutions
Dr Simonov and Professor MacFarlane are collaborating with an emerging Australian company, ANT Energy Solutions, which is developing a portable hydrogen electrolyser with funding from the Cooperative Research Centres Program. A portable unit could be loaded onto a truck and transported to wherever cheap renewable energy is available.
Read more about this research.