Access to CSIRO’s world-class facilities and equipment to validate and scale their technologies to commercial readiness.
The Renewable Energy Integration Facility is located at the CSIRO Energy Centre in Newcastle.
The facility provides:
Expanded battery testing capacityThe ability to run complex real‑world experiments at scaleInverters, power electronics and support for more efficient use of electrical infrastructure, helping improve energy affordability.Under the Trailblazer Universities Program, which funded the REIF upgrade, TRaCE projects will benefit from dedicated access to the facility. The TRaCE team is currently finalising access plans for partners. Industry collaborators, researchers and startups are encouraged to register their interest now to stay informed and be ready when access opens.
Focus areas of research conducted in the Renewable Energy Research Facility include EV charging, vehicle-to-grid, integration of renewable generation and storage, inverter control and improving the stability of electricity networks.
- Power quality analysis
- Power electronics design and modelling
- Innovative inverter control methodologies development,
testing and implementation
- IEE2030.5 and CSIP AUS testing
- Standards compliance testing
- Modelling and real world simulation of microgrids or
specific grid conditions
- Simulation of solar PV, battery systems and building loads
- Battery characterising and cycle testing
- Distributed energy equipment testing including inverters
- OPAL-RT based power hardware in the loop (PHIL) testing
- Air conditioner, heat pump, and temperature sensitive
equipment testing under variable power supply quality and temperatures
- Electric Vehicle (EV) and Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment
(EVSE) emulation and performance testing for DC and AC
charging and Vehicle-to-Load (V2L) systems
- ISO 15118-20 product development and verification testing
for Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) systems, which also includes
ISO 15118‑2/-3
- EV/EVSE protocol verification for DC and AC
charging systems
- Grid simulator – up to 270kVA
- Programmable load – up to 360kVA
- PV simulator
- Battery simulator – 100kW
- Grid forming inverter – 100kW
- Hardware in the loop real time simulator
- Programmable inverter
- PV systems (up to 680kW)
- Battery systems (150kW, 700kWh)
- High speed data acquisition system
- AC and DC EV/EVSE emulation including V2X support
- Battery cycling tester
- Power quality and spectrum analyser
- Power system simulation
- Programmable inverter for rapid control prototyping solutions for power electronics, drives, smart grids
- Temperature controlled chambers accommodating up to 25kW thermal capacity and 32A line currents for equipment under test
- More than 15 electric vehicle charging stations from different Australian manufacturers and global suppliers
