On Monday 27th November, MHC were proud sponsors of an Australian Institute of Energy event in Melbourne on demand response. A big crowd of about 100 people packed into the Trust bar in Melbourne to hear from an impressive line-up of speakers from AEMO, ARENA, EnergyAustralia and Coles, who insightfully provided the voice of the…
MHC worked with over 30 of Australia’s leading energy market contributors at the ARENA A-Lab to tackle the complex thought-experiment of redesigning the wholesale energy market for renewables. You can read all about the A-Lab experiment, the ideas pitched and the accompanying video on the A-Lab website – https://arena.gov.au/blog/a-lab-nem/.
Doug, Nick and Ryan from Marchment Hill Consulting have decided to take on the 100km Surf Coast Century trail run through the beautiful surrounds of the great ocean road. Doug has drawn the short straw and will take on the challenging middle two legs of this epic event covering a total of 56km, but given…
MHC are working with AGL to test P2P energy trading with blockchain technology to allow households to trade surplus energy from their rooftop solar panels, with the aim of determining the regulatory and system changes needed to make the market work effectively. Read the full press release in the Australian Financial Review Media Release issued from ARENA…
In May MHC are hosting a series of breakfast briefings on the topic “The role of grid edge markets in Australia’s power system” There has been a lot of talk, a number of big ideas and a whole lot of money on offer to help secure Australia’s power system. So far, most of the options…
MHC News: For the last 12 months, MHC has been working with ARENA to develop and implement A-Lab and we are really proud that the first experiments are now emerging from this innovation lab. The decentralised energy exchange (deX) is a world first in that it provides a market platform which allows households and businesses to trade…
Over the past few years MHC has worked with ARENA and Energy Networks Australia to develop Australia’s most advanced database of Australian and international renewable energy grid integration projects to support innovation in Australia’s energy system. While our report on this work has been available for some time, the Renewables Integration Stocktake is now an online,…
MHC are looking for the best and the brightest analysts to join our Melbourne office. We are looking for new recruits with experience or keen interest in the energy and/or water sectors. If you want to work at the forefront of industries undergoing unprecedented levels of change, you love a new challenge every day and…
MHC News: Nick joins Marchment Hill Consulting with over 9 years’ consulting and industry experience across the utilities sector. He specialises in supporting energy and water clients on business model strategy, business case development and risk management, with a particular focus on disruptive technologies and customer-centric transformation. He also brings experience in quantitative analysis, financial…
MHC News: MHC would like to encourage all our QSI readers from the water industry to participate in our 2016 Civil Maintenance Benchmarking Program. Past participants in the program have included urban and regional water utilities from Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia. The 2016 version of our program is enriched with cost…