- Professor Kit Po Wong - ACPE Lifetime Achievement Award
- PACE Professor Kit Po Wong giving the opening speech at ICSEE 2017
- Dr. A.Arefi(Murdoch), Dr. F.Shahnia(Murdoch), Dr. D.Lu(UTS), Dr. H.Iu(UWA), Dr. S.M.Muyeen(Curtin), Dr. U.K.Madawala (Auckland) , Dr. K.P.Wong(UWA), Dr. T.Fernando(UWA), Mr. S.Fani(Western Power)(From left to right)
- IAS Masterclass with Professor Mohamed Darouach (1/2)
- IAS Masterclass with Professor Mohamed Darouach (2/2)
- IEEE Circuits and Systems (CAS) Malaysia Chapter Presenting in PACE Seminar
- Professor Fernando’s seminar presentation at University de Lorraine, France in June 2018
- A snapshot in ICSEE 2017
- PACE PhD student James Fletcher receiving WAITTA award from Minister Dave Kelly
- PACE PhD student Samson Yu was the winner of 2015 IEEE Australia Council Paper Contest Postgraduate Category
- PACE Professor Tyrone Fernando hosting ICSEE 2017
- Professor Udaya K. Madawala from University of Auckland presenting at ICSEE 2017
- PACE researchers at ICSEE 2017
- PACE is a technical sponsor of ICSEE 2017 (Perth)
- PACE Postgraduate Student Mr. Jake Sacino's project with Engineers without Boarders Australia
- PACE professor Mark Reynolds and James Fletcher at the WAITTA "Innovation Excellence" forum
- PACE industry partner Mr. Shervin Fani from Western Power presenting at EECON held on 17 & 18 November 2016 at the Pan Pacific Hotel, Perth.
- PACE researchers attending the Innovation Workshop on Smart Grid and Energy Conversion held on 9 & 10 January 2017 at BIT, Beijing
- PACE visitor Professor Kyoungrok Cho presenting at a seminar held in November 2016 at Billing's Room, UWA
- PACE visitor Professor Mohamed Darouach presenting at a seminar held on 9 November 2016 at Billing's Room, UWA
- PACE researcher Mr. James Fletcher presenting at PACE seminar
The commercial, industrial and technical model of electricity generation, transmission and distribution is experiencing a paradigm-shifting era. The traditional centralized power generation is being substituted by distributed energy sources. Depletion of fossil fuels, adverse environmental effects from combustion and renewable energy growth have motivated the change. Electric utilities are evolving in a manner that will define core functions such as power production, distribution and customer service.
The network assets designed for unidirectional power flow from centralized sources amount to a significant monetary value: in Western Australia alone the network assets account for over 15 billion dollars. Modernization of the grid will see these network assets being replaced by new technologies that support bidirectional power flow, micro-grid communication/control systems, power electronics devices for micro-grids and state-of-the-art load-forecasting technology, smart sensors, smart meters, etc. It is envisaged that in the near future the electric grid will likely be comprised of interconnected micro-grids.
The industry’s view on renewable energy and grid modernization is shifting from one of doubt to one of opportunity. There are opportunities for technological innovations, clean energy, new business investments, skills upgrade, and an industry that can supply power to 1.3 billion people in remote villages around the world without electricity from a centralized grid. With these considerations, PACE was founded and has grown to a multi-disciplinary research, education and training center with electrical engineering as its core. PACE members have been devoted to the study of power systems, micro-grids and renewable/clean energy sources.