Table 3. List of IRG members

AGL

AEMO

NRMA

Nissan Table 3. List of IRG members

Ausgrid Jemena

Chargefox Tritium

EV-NRG Vicinity

FBICRC ANU

Startup Bootcamp EA Technologies EPRI Starling Energy

Horizon Power

NSW Planning

Western Energy

DELWP

The inception meeting was conducted on 12th March 2021 to meet with and establish the IRG members and confirm the IRG’s role. The meeting was led by the IRG Chairs, Behyad Jaffari (EV Council) and John Frick (Ultima), and facilitated by the project leader Roger Dargaville and the UTS project delivery team. Project team members were also present in the meeting. Meeting outcome: The desired meeting outcomes were for everyone to be clear on their role, the research agenda, and to get to know the project team and other IRG members. As part of the meeting, IRG members were also asked about their aspirations for the project. Initial recommendations for research focus include customers behaviour and preferences, industry trends, uptake predictions, least cost integration, charging optimisation, and harmonisation at the global scale.

2. Literature review and discussion papers

The research team conducted a review of Australian and international literature (peer-reviewed institutional publications and grey literature) to produce two discussion papers for discussion at the IRG on the following topics:

• Identification analysis of barriers to uptake of EVs (i.e., access to charging infrastructure) and barriers to sub-optimal performance of EVs in relation to the grid (i.e., tariff structures that fail to avoid charging load at peak times; lack of a framework for enabling

V2G under circumstances such as extreme demand) • Identification of opportunities based on the barriers to uptake of EVs identified in

Workshop 1

The discussion papers were presented to the IRG and its members’ responses were collated for further desktop analysis, including cost/benefit analysis and scenario analysis.

The scope of the literature review was divided into four areas. The review of each area was led by the university project teams (RMIT, UNSW, Curtin University) and CSIRO. The areas were –• Techno-economic assessment of market and technology trends/practices (CSIRO)

• EV-grid impact assessments, policy, regulatory framework, and standardisation (RMIT) • Urban design and distributed grid management (Curtin University) • Social science research for EVs (UNSW)

The Monash Team was tasked with compiling and synthesising the areas of the review into discussion papers (appended to this report). To manage resources and citations, a literature review register and a full reference list were established.

3. Qualitative studies

Input was sought via a consultation process with IRG and nominated international experts (UK and US representatives). The delivery team conducted two workshops with the IRG members to get deeper insights into the following two areas:

a. Risks, barriers and priorities for the electricity sector and EV sector in the upcoming 10 years b. Commercial and research opportunities of EV uptake in relation to the grid

Each workshop was followed by a short online survey of IRG members to capture individual perspectives.

3.1 First workshop: EV and grid barriers (UTS-lead)

A one and half hour virtual barriers workshop was held on 22nd April 2021. The objective of this workshop was to present the barriers identified through the literature review and to seek feedback on industry priorities and risks from workshop participants.

Project leader Dr Roger Dargaville presented the findings of the research so far in the barriers discussion papers. The aim of the workshop was to invite feedback through breakout sessions and the first breakout session focussed on:

• Feedback on the list of barriers shared • Identification by IRG of any new barriers not identified through the literature • Industry prioritisation of barriers in the short, medium, and long term

The second breakout session focussed on understanding the impact that resolving these barriers would have on the electricity sector and the influence RACE for 2030 could exert in this process. Participants plotted their identified barriers using interactive software to arrive at a collective group priority.

Overall, the workshop participants agreed with the list of barriers captured and there was broad consensus among the groups on what constituted technical and institutional barriers. However, some disparity became apparent in the temporal aspects of these barriers. A barrier analysis is presented in Section D.

3.2 Second workshop: EV and grid opportunities (UTS-lead)

A second one and half hour virtual workshop was held on 19th May 2021, this time with the objective of presenting the opportunities identified through the literature review and barrier analysis and to get feedback on industry priorities.

Once again, Dr Roger Dargaville (Monash Uni) introduced the workshop and presented the status of the research so far. Dr Scott Dwyer (UNSW) shared the barrier analysis and the translation to solutions and opportunities; Kriti Nagrath (UNSW) presented the impact framework and the key outcomes and indicators for the research theme. The aim of the workshop was to invite feedback through the breakout session. It focussed on –

• Capturing opportunities and project ideas from the IRG • Prioritising the opportunities that industry would invest in

Feedback was elicited from IRG members on potential research projects that could be undertaken with collaboration between industry and research organisations (universities, CSIRO, etc.) to maximise the benefits of EVs for distribution networks. Overall, the workshop participants agreed with the high-level list of opportunities captured.

4. Synthesis and road mapping

The outcomes of the literature review, desktop analysis, and qualitative consultations were synthesised in the final report, which was then presented to IRG for feedback and comments. The team will seek a final evaluation of the project experience and deliverables from IRG in the final survey.