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Overview

Iain MacGill is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia and focuses their research primarily in the fields of Engineering and Energy. Their work emphasizes multiple interconnected areas within these domains, notably Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Energy Engineering and Power Technology, Building and Construction, and Mechanical Engineering.

Their research covers a wide range of topics with particular attention to Smart Grid Energy Management, Electric Power System Optimization, Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems, Integrated Energy Systems Optimization, Energy Efficiency and Management, Building Energy and Comfort Optimization, and the Energy and Environment Impacts associated with these technologies.

MacGill has published extensively in several journals, with frequent contributions appearing in Applied Energy, the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, SSRN Electronic Journal, Energy and Buildings, and Renewable Energy.

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Opportunities and Challenges for Renewable Power-to-X," 2020, ACS Energy Letters
  • "A framework for assessing economics of blue hydrogen production from steam methane reforming using carbon capture storage & utilisation," 2021, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • "Shipping the sunshine: An open-source model for costing renewable hydrogen transport from Australia," 2022, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • "Efficient, effective and fair allocation of costs and benefits in residential energy communities deploying shared photovoltaics," 2021, Applied Energy
  • "Designing optimal integrated electricity supply configurations for renewable hydrogen generation in Australia," 2021, iScience

Collaborations are a significant aspect of MacGill's research, with frequent coauthors including Anna Bruce, Rahman Daiyan, Rose Amal, Muhammad Haider Ali Khan, and Simon Heslop.

Best Publications

  • Coordinated Scheduling of Residential Distributed Energy Resources to Optimize Smart Home Energy Services

    M A A Pedrasa;T D Spooner;I F MacGill

  • Typology of future clean energy communities: An exploratory structure, opportunities, and challenges

    Emi Minghui Gui;Iain MacGill

  • Scheduling of Demand Side Resources Using Binary Particle Swarm Optimization

    M. Pedrasa;T.D. Spooner;I.F. MacGill

  • The potential impacts of grid-connected distributed generation and how to address them: A review of technical and non-technical factors

    Robert Passey;Ted Spooner;Iain MacGill;Muriel Watt

  • Simulations of Scenarios with 100% Renewable Electricity in the Australian National Electricity Market

    Ben Elliston;Mark Diesendorf;Iain MacGill

  • Least cost 100% renewable electricity scenarios in the Australian National Electricity Market

    Ben Elliston;Iain MacGill;Mark Diesendorf

  • Opportunities and Challenges for Renewable Power-to-X

    Rahman Daiyan;Iain MacGill;Rose Amal

  • A framework for assessing economics of blue hydrogen production from steam methane reforming using carbon capture storage & utilisation

    Muhammad Haider Ali Khan;Rahman Daiyan;Peter Neal;Nawshad Haque

  • Impact of shared battery energy storage systems on photovoltaic self-consumption and electricity bills in apartment buildings

    Mike B. Roberts;Anna Bruce;Iain MacGill

  • Is the distribution grid ready to accept large-scale photovoltaic deployment? State of the art, progress, and future prospects: Distribution grid and large-scale PV deployment

    Martin Braun;Martin Braun;Thomas Stetz;Roland Bründlinger;Christoph Mayr

  • Assessing the impact of wind generation on wholesale prices and generator dispatch in the Australian National Electricity Market

    Sam Forrest;Iain MacGill

  • A Monte Carlo based decision-support tool for assessing generation portfolios in future carbon constrained electricity industries

    Peerapat Vithayasrichareon;Iain F. MacGill

  • Is the distribution grid ready to accept large-scale photovoltaic deployment? State of the art, progress, and future prospects

    Martin Braun;Martin Braun;Thomas Stetz;Roland Bründlinger;Christoph Mayr

  • Comparing least cost scenarios for 100% renewable electricity with low emission fossil fuel scenarios in the Australian National Electricity Market

    Ben Elliston;Iain MacGill;Mark Diesendorf

  • High penetration wind generation impacts on spot prices in the Australian national electricity market

    Nicholas J. Cutler;Nicholas D. Boerema;Iain F. MacGill;Hugh R. Outhred

  • Distributed energy infrastructure paradigm: Community microgrids in a new institutional economics context

    Emi Minghui Gui;Mark Diesendorf;Iain MacGill

  • Designing more cost reflective electricity network tariffs with demand charges

    Robert Passey;Navid Haghdadi;Anna Bruce;Iain MacGill

  • Shipping the sunshine: An open-source model for costing renewable hydrogen transport from Australia

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  • Impact of electric vehicles and solar PV on future generation portfolio investment

    Peerapat Vithayasrichareon;Graham Mills;Iain MacGill

  • Electricity market design for facilitating the integration of wind energy: Experience and prospects with the Australian National Electricity Market

    Iain MacGill

  • A review of the potential benefits and risks of photovoltaic hybrid mini-grid systems

    James Hazelton;Anna Bruce;Iain MacGill

  • Can local government play a greater role for community renewable energy? A case study from Australia

    Franziska Mey;Mark Diesendorf;Iain MacGill

  • Interactions between energy security and climate change: A focus on developing countries

    Morgan Bazilian;Benjamin F. Hobbs;Will Blyth;Iain MacGill

  • Comparison of Wind Energy Support Policy and Electricity Market Design in Europe, the United States, and Australia

    N. Aparicio;I. MacGill;J. Rivier Abbad;H. Beltran

  • Distributional effects of the Australian Renewable Energy Target (RET) through wholesale and retail electricity price impacts

    Johanna Cludius;Sam Forrest;Iain MacGill

Frequent Co-Authors

Fushuan Wen
Fushuan Wen Zhejiang University
Rose Amal
Rose Amal University of New South Wales
Rahman Daiyan
Rahman Daiyan University of New South Wales
John E. Fletcher
John E. Fletcher University of New South Wales
Giorgio Graditi
Giorgio Graditi National Agency For New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development
Morgan Bazilian
Morgan Bazilian Colorado School of Mines
Nawshad Haque
Nawshad Haque Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Gregory Peters
Gregory Peters Chalmers University of Technology
Andrew J. Pitman
Andrew J. Pitman University of New South Wales
Mark Howells
Mark Howells Loughborough University

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