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Building resilience in Australia's electricity infrastructure
Hear from a multidisciplinary range of experts as they assess the stability and resilience of our electricity grid in the face of increasing climate disasters.
Australia has been hit by successive extreme weather events and disasters in recent years. As the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report has warned this is going to get worse. Australia has already warmed by 1.4°C. Each of the climate-induced disasters – floods and bushfires – has had a severe impact on our electricity infrastructure. When power is lost, telecommunications also fail meaning that communities are unable to stay in contact with emergency services and with each other.
This conference assesses ways in which our existing grid can be made more resilient but it also looks to the resilience of our future grid in 2040. Experts from the disciplines of law, engineering, and physics, in Australia and the United States, will share their perspectives on how this can be achieved.
View the full program here (pdf, 7MB)
This event was held online on Thursday 10 November 2022.
Program
Professor Rosemary Lyster, Professor of Climate and Environmental Law, Co-Leader, Climate Disaster and Adaptation Cluster, Sydney Environment Institute, The University of Sydney
Professor Robert M. Verchick, Gauthier-St. Martin Eminent Scholar and Chair in Environmental Law, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
Professor Daniel A. Farber, Sho Sato Professor of Law, Faculty Director, Center for Law, Energy, & the Environment, Berkeley Law
Ben Jones, Manager, Reliability and Operability Forecasting, Australian Energy Market Operator
Associate Professor Gregor Verbic, Centre for Future Energy Networks, School of Electrical and Information Engineering, The University of Sydney
Professor Benjamin Eggleton, Professor of Physics, Director of the University of Sydney Nano Institute, The University of Sydney
Associate Professor Hao Zhang, School of Civil Engineering, The University of Sydney
Dr Nader Naderpajouh, Senior Lecturer, School of Project Management, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Sydney
Professor Rosemary Lyster, Professor of Climate and Environmental Law, Co-Leader, Climate Disaster and Adaptation Cluster, Sydney Environment Institute, The University of Sydney
Dr Anne Kallies, Senior Lecturer at the RMIT Graduate School of Business & Law
Dr Philippa England, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Law School, Griffith Law School
Ms Stephanie Vatala, Partner in the Planning, Environment and Government Group, Dentons, Sydney
Dr Jean Renouf, Chair, Resilient Byron