The Centre for Smart Power and Energy Research is dedicated to addressing the challenges of modern energy systems by driving innovation in renewable energy, energy storage and smart grids. We focus on building smarter, more sustainable energy systems to power our future. This includes making energy grids smarter, finding better ways to store renewable energy and ensuring that these systems are safe and reliable.
Our work focuses on future power grids, renewable energy and storage and cyber-physical systems, solving challenges to create more efficient energy solutions for a sustainable future.
We research next-generation power grids with distributed generators, microgrids and smart systems. Our work includes power system analysis, control and protection to enhance stability and security, ensuring these systems adapt to future energy demands.
We advance renewable energy technologies like solar, wind and EVs while solving grid integration challenges. Collaborating with industry and government, we enhance energy efficiency, reliability and stability to support large-scale renewable adoption.
Our research helps transform energy networks into smart grids by merging physical systems with digital intelligence. Our work integrates computing, control and engineering to develop secure, responsive systems that optimise energy delivery.
Study engineering and develop the skills needed to tackle real-world challenges in renewable energy, smart grids and cutting-edge technologies. Shape a brighter, more sustainable future with us.
Our team of experts are driving innovation in sustainable energy systems.
Dr Mohammad Arif focuses on smart power systems and energy research. His work explores sustainable energy solutions, including renewable energy integration, microgrid technologies, and power system optimisation to address modern energy challenges.
We tackle global energy challenges, innovate sustainable solutions and shape the future of power systems through groundbreaking research.
The microgrid delivers a broad range of benefits to Deakin, the energy industry and wider community. It consists of a 7 megawatt solar energy farm and storage system, a 0.25 megawatt distributed rooftop solar generation and storage system and an associated research centre.
The Renewable energy and AusNet electrical engineering labs provide students and researchers with the facilities needed to conduct practical work and experiments.
We collaborate with government, industry and academic partners to create technologies that enable a sustainable future.
Please get in touch if you would like to know more about our work or to discuss collaboration or research opportunities.
