As part of its integration with merger partner Isle Utilities, members of the Marchment Hill team supported their very first Isle TAG event in Melbourne in May. The event, which showcased the growing intersection between the energy and water sectors, focussed on emerging technologies that reduce water utilities energy consumption and emissions. The event highlighted…
Review of Renewable Energy Project Engagement Profile
Walking up and down the halls of the recent Ozwater’19 conference it wasn’t hard to get caught up in the excitement of all the innovative technologies that are being developed to combat the challenges facing the Australian water sector. But whilst innovation has to date been the key mechanism by which Australia has been able…
Civil Maintenance Process Benchmarking Engagement Profile
There has been significant and increasing interest in Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) in recent years. This interest is fuelled by generous state government subsidies announced in the past 12-18 months, including Tesla and the South Australian government’s plan for an $800 million, 250 MW VPP consisting of 50,000 Tesla Powerwall 2 batteries; the SA government’s…
Marchment Hill Consulting (MHC) is delighted to announce that it has merged with Isle Utilities. MHC is a management consulting firm which is dedicated to serving the needs of the energy and water industries through its focus on content-rich consulting and deep sector expertise. MHC has worked with every major utility in Australia; we create…
MHC recently sponsored a CEDA event titled New directions for Australia’s energy system. Hosted at the Park Hyatt in Melbourne, AEMO CEO Audrey Zibelman delivered the keynote address to an audience of over 300, as reported here and here. This was followed by a panel discussion including Hydro Tasmania CEO Stephen Davy, TransGrid Executive General…
When viewed from the perspective of the electricity industry, EVs represent both a significant opportunity (e.g. to increase the value derived from the existing system) and risk (e.g. battery charging creating new and greater peak demands). Successful integration of EVs onto Australian roads will require not only that new vehicles can access appropriate road and…
AEMO’s inaugural Integrated System Plan (ISP), which was presented to the COAG Energy Council in August, delivered on a key recommendation of the Finkel Review and provided an outlook to 2040 on the expected needs of the NEM, including recommended transmission investment to support secure, reliable, and affordable energy supply as the generation mix evolves….
Since 2016, MHC have been working with ARENA to support A-Lab, an innovation initiative with the ambition to create systemic change in Australia’s energy sector as we transition to a low carbon future. In that time A-Lab has worked with over 360 participants from 120 organisations and supported over $36m in ARENA grant funding. In…