Meeting 2020 Targets: Effective Transitions for Renewable Energy & Beyond. This research offers significant benefits in developing new transition approaches to address key socio-political challenges of climate change adaptation. It will provide fundamental knowledge on how Australian governments, businesses and civil society groups can improve windfarm planning procedures that meaningfully engage affected communities across Australia. It addresses 2 national research priorities in developing app ....Meeting 2020 Targets: Effective Transitions for Renewable Energy & Beyond. This research offers significant benefits in developing new transition approaches to address key socio-political challenges of climate change adaptation. It will provide fundamental knowledge on how Australian governments, businesses and civil society groups can improve windfarm planning procedures that meaningfully engage affected communities across Australia. It addresses 2 national research priorities in developing appropriate and adaptive responses for better utilising renewable energy, and supportive structures and processes for a culture of innovation. The project will also contribute useful resources for researchers/practitioners seeking community input from geographically dispersed populations, and a new e-democracy technique. Read moreRead less
Low Loss Distributed Wind Generators with Reduced Electromagnetic Interference and Shaft Voltage Based on Multilevel Converters. Distributed wind generators with minimum electromagnetic interference and bearing spikes are very important for the Australian energy industry because they are an environmentally friendly energy source. Predicting and reducing electromagnetic interferences and mechanical failures in wind farm systems is an important issue especially for the next generation of wind sys ....Low Loss Distributed Wind Generators with Reduced Electromagnetic Interference and Shaft Voltage Based on Multilevel Converters. Distributed wind generators with minimum electromagnetic interference and bearing spikes are very important for the Australian energy industry because they are an environmentally friendly energy source. Predicting and reducing electromagnetic interferences and mechanical failures in wind farm systems is an important issue especially for the next generation of wind systems when fast and advanced power electronic switches can create more EMI noise for both onshore and offshore wind farms. Medium-Voltage Direct Current (MVDC) systems have good performance and low losses, and are of particular interest to states which are close to wind power sources.Read moreRead less