
Congratulations Rohan and Angus on Directorship
It is with great satisfaction that the Executive Directors of Oakley Greenwood welcome two of our leading staff, Rohan Harris and Angus Rich, as additional Executive Directors.

Australian Institute of Energy SA Community Batteries
Lance Hoch, Executive Director, presented to the Australian Institute of Energy SA on 10 November 2021. See the presentation and recording here.

APA Western Outer Ring Main Gas Pipeline Project Inquiry
Jim Snow is to give expert witness evidence on the afternoon of Monday 4 October 2021 to the APA Western Outer Ring Main Gas Pipeline Project Inquiry related to the transition to a Net Zero emissions energy market. Read more here.

Renewable Methane Manufacture
Jim Snow writes a 2 page article regarding the overwhelming case for Renewable Methane Manufacture

Australian Energy Week Conference May 2021
Lance Hoch, Executive Director and Alex Cruickshank, Principal Consultant at Oakley Greenwood recently presented on Demand Response in Melbourne for the Australian Energy Week Conference. View the presentation here.

Reformulating energy portfolio strategies for the transition towards the low carbon emission futures
Dr. Cau Thai, Principal Consultant of Oakley Greenwood shares his thoughts on why an energy market participant no matter how small or large needs to critically review and to reformulate their strategies to respond to changes in the energy industry as it transitions towards a decarbonised future. He also lists some initial questions to facilitate that strategy reformulation.

Renewable Methane – The Next Step
The case for renewable methane (eGas) inAustralia is very compelling. Review the full presentation and webinar here.

Renewable Methane Strategy and Roadmap for Australia
Jim Snow, Executive Director gave a paper at the Australian Hydrogen Forum 2020 outlining the compelling and priority case for a Renewable Methane Strategy and Roadmap for Australia, to complement the Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap. Read more here.

Big couple of months for OGW colleagues involved with CIGRE
OGW Chairman Lance Hoch’s paper on DER integration was accepted for the CIGRE 2020 Session in Paris, which is the largest gathering of utility people in Europe with around 3,500 delegates and a massive trade show. Lance’s paper covers the recent work by Oakley Greenwood on the economic integration of DER into the grid and markets, which was part funded by ARENA.

Regional township energy farming
Why are we so easily seduced by big picture developments and programs in order to achieve “scale” and “financial close” adopting an almost banker-based approach, and yet not grab the newly exposed low hanging fruit.

Emily Alford at Energy & Mines 2019. Panel podcast available
The Energy & Mines 2019 conference in Perth last week was a great event. Listen to the panel podcast with Emily Alford here.