Dr Baran Yildiz
Research Associate

Dr Baran Yildiz

Engineering
Sch: PV & Renewable Energ

Baran holds a PhD from the School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering (SPREE), UNSW. Since 2019, he is a Research Associate at SPREE. Baran previously worked in a Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) Project focusing on the development of integrated smart home energy management systems. He currently leads RACE for 2030 CRC project, investigating distributed energy resources curtailment in Australia. Baran has collaborated with leading industry partners of Australia's progressive energy market and his research contributions are featured in reports by Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC), Energy Security Board (ESB), CRC and other prime media outlets. Baran is the course convener and lecturer of SOLA 4012 Photovoltaic (PV) Systems Design in SPREE and his main research interests include: integration of distributed energy resources, demand response and demand side management, residential and commercial electricity load analysis and forecasting, smart home energy systems, grid-connected  PV systems.
E-mail
baran.yildiz@unsw.edu.au
Location
TETB Level 3

Publications

  • Journal articles | 2021
    Dr Baran Yildiz
    Yildiz B; Roberts M; Bilbao JI; Heslop S; Bruce A; Dore J; MacGill I; Egan RJ; Sproul AB, 2021, 'Assessment of control tools for utilizing excess distributed photovoltaic generation in domestic electric water heating systems', Applied Energy, vol. 300, pp. 117411 - 117411, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.117411
    Journal articles | 2021
    Dr Baran Yildiz
    Yildiz B; Bilbao JI; Roberts M; Heslop S; Dore J; Bruce A; MacGill I; Egan RJ; Sproul AB, 2021, 'Analysis of electricity consumption and thermal storage of domestic electric water heating systems to utilize excess PV generation', Energy, vol. 235, pp. 121325 - 121325, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2021.121325
    Journal articles | 2019
    Dr Baran Yildiz
    Tang R; Yildiz B; Leong PHW; Vassallo A; Dore J, 2019, 'Residential battery sizing model using net meter energy data clustering', Applied Energy, vol. 251, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.113324
    Journal articles | 2017
    Dr Baran Yildiz
    Yildiz B; Bilbao JI; Sproul AB, 2017, 'A review and analysis of regression and machine learning models on commercial building electricity load forecasting', Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, vol. 73, pp. 1104 - 1122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2017.02.023
    Journal articles | 2017
    Dr Baran Yildiz
    Yildiz B; Bilbao JI; Dore J; Sproul AB, 2017, 'Recent advances in the analysis of residential electricity consumption and applications of smart meter data', Applied Energy, vol. 208, pp. 402 - 427, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.10.014
  • Reports | 2021
    Dr Baran Yildiz
    Yildiz B, 2021, Cooperative Research Centre Project (CRC-P) Report: Analysis of electricity consumption by hot water tank, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.14432.81922, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350449395_CRC-P_Integrated_Home_Energy_Management_System_Project_Report_Analysis_of_electricity_consumption_by_hot_water_tank
    Reports | 2020
    Dr Baran Yildiz
    Heslop S; Stringer N; Yildiz B; Bruce A; Heywood P; Macgill I; Passey R, 2020, Voltage Analysis of the LV Distribution Network in the Australian National Electricity Market, https://prod-energycouncil.energy.slicedtech.com.au/lv-voltage-report
    Reports | 2021
    Dr Baran Yildiz
    Yildiz B; Adams S; Samarakoon S; Stringer N; Bruce A; Macgill I, 2021, Curtailment and Network Voltage Analysis Study (CANVAS) Project Report
  • Conference Papers | 2020
    Dr Baran Yildiz
    Evans R; Yildiz B; Bilbao J, 2020, 'Capturing Photons Using High Ground Coverage Ratio (GCR) approaches', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 2296 - 2299, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC45281.2020.9301029
    Other | 2020
    Dr Baran Yildiz
    Stringer N; Yildiz B; Bruce A; Macgill I, 2020, Submission to Standards Australia on the proposed amendments to AS4777.2 Grid connection of energy systems via inverters Inverter requirements
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Dr Baran Yildiz
    Heslop S; Roberts M; Yildiz B; Bruce A; Egan R; Macgill I, 2019, 'A characterisation of air conditioning consumption in Australia’s eastern capitals', in Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference 2019, Australian PV Institute, Canberra, presented at Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference, Canberra, 03 December 2019
    Conference Abstracts | 2019
    Dr Baran Yildiz
    O'Neill D; Yildiz B; Bilbao J, 2019, 'Electric Vehicles and V2G technology in future grids', in Proceedings of the Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference 2019, Australian PV Institute, Canberra, presented at Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference, Canberra
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Dr Baran Yildiz
    Yildiz B; Bilbao JI; Dore J; Sproul A, 2018, 'Household electricity load forecasting using historical smart meter data with clustering and classification techniques', in International Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies, ISGT Asia 2018, pp. 873 - 879, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISGT-Asia.2018.8467837
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Dr Baran Yildiz
    Yildiz B; Bilbao J; Sproul A; Dore J, 2017, 'Short-term forecasting of individual household electricity loads with investigating impact of data resolution and forecast horizon', in Short-term forecasting of individual household electricity loads with investigating impact of data resolution and forecast horizon, World Renewable Energy Congress 2017, Perth, Australia, presented at World Renewable Energy Congress 2017, Perth, Australia, 05 February 2017 - 09 February 2017
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Dr Baran Yildiz
    Yildiz B; bilbao J; sproul A, 2017, 'A method for classifying households to help forecast their Photvoltaic electricity self-consumption patterns', in A method for classifying households to help forecast their Photvoltaic electricity self-consumption patterns, Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference, Melbourne, presented at Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference, Melbourne, 05 December 2017 - 07 December 2017, http://apvi.org.au/solar-research-conference/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/026_B_Yildiz_DI_Paper_Peer-reviewed.pdf

Awards

Grants

Energy Security Board (ESB) Voltage Analysis of Low Voltage Network across the National Electricity Market (NEM)

Curtailment and Network Voltage Analysis Study (CANVAS): CRC RACE for 2030 grant

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