Prof. Lachlan Blackhall
Entrepreneurial Fellow and Head, Battery Storage and Grid Integration Program
The Australian National University
Professor Lachlan Blackhall is Entrepreneurial Fellow and Head, Battery Storage and Grid Integration Program at The Australian National University.
Professor Blackhall has more than fifteen years of experience in the energy sector encompassing senior leadership roles in research and development, industry, and in the policy and regulatory domains. Professor Blackhall is best known for his work to support the uptake and integration of renewable and distributed energy generation and storage into modern energy systems. This has included world-first capabilities to monitor, optimise and control distributed energy resources and integrate them with system and network operators.
Professor Blackhall holds a BE, BSc and a PhD in engineering and applied mathematics, is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a Fellow of both the Institution of Engineers Australia (IEAust) and the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE).
Speaker agenda
Technologies and approaches to support the transformation
The energy transformation involves greater decentralisation of energy generation and changing patterns of energy consumption. From virtual power plants, new battery technologies, to vehicle to grid solutions, our panellists will discuss how these technologies can help transform our power system, reduce energy costs and lower emissions from the energy sector.
