NIE Networks are makeing good use of the research and data analyitics I have developed over the past -quite a long time- to carry out analysis of the Northern Ireland power system to make it ready for the energy revolution, necessary to mitigate and adapt to climate change.

As a cofounder and director or Phasora, I am working with my colleagues to bring our multifunctional grid monitoring device to market. We are currently deploying the device in demonstration projects. My specific role is talking with research partners and potential customers about what our product can do for them and developing applications within our team.

As part of a large team, across multiple institutions and with 4 PhD students in Queen's University, we conducted research into the value of energy storage. The specific focus within Queen's was in to electrical energy storage. Research was conducted into the use of energy storage to facilitate higher renewable energy infeed, dampen power system oscillations and demonstrate the utility of novel power system services. This role involved everything from original research, presentation of results, working with utilities, power system service providers and regulators, development of new monitoring technologies and supporting PhD students.

This role involved research into the utility of battery energy storage, particularly on the Irish power system and with a focus on the 10 MW grid level battery installed at the time at AES (now EPUK) Kilroot Power Station. QUB operated as an independent partner between SONI/EirGrid as the TSO Utility, AES as a power system service provider and the electrical regulator. Research was conducted on grid models informed by real world measurements from the Irish power system, including measurements of the AERS battery. Some of the PMU devices used to monitor the power system and the AES battery were provided by QUB and developed and tested by me. The performance of the battery was assessed, along with the value of potential services that it could provide.

Worked with real power system data, from phasor measurement units (PMUs) and SCADA, and power system simulations to demonstrate the utility of wide-area monitoring. Developed an optimisation methodology and cost function that was implemented to assess and optimise power system models over a wide range of system conditions, contingencies, and renewable energy in feeds. As part of this work, I gained familiarity with power system modelling software, helped develop the OpenPMU project and developed a testing method for PMUs.

This internship was arranged by Carbon Zero NI as an exchange program to allow people from NI to gain experience with renewable energy firms. We primarily installed rooftop PV. It was interesting to be in Pennsylvania at the beginning of hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus Shale.

Worked at multiple levels of domestic renewable energy installation, from sourcing customers, designing solutions, applying for grants, ordering materials, handling deliveries, and physically installing the technologies. Worked with rooftop solar thermal, wood and wood pellet boilers and heat pumps.

As a self-employed handyman/carpenter, I undertook a wide variety of domestic and commercial repairs.