Our facilities across the UNSW Sydney's Kensington campus include the Institutes Lab 333 in the Electrical Engineering Building/G17, and our Investigators' spaces - chemistry labs, solar research facilities, electrical engineering labs, maker spaces and more.
Home to the Institute team, energy systems staff and students.
UNSW Digital Grid Futures Institute
Level 3, Electrical Engineering Building/G17
ARC Laureate Fellow and Scientia Professor Rose Amal
Particle and Catalysis Lab
Level 3, Tyree Energy Technology Building
TETB's rooftop incorporates photovoltaic cells for the testing of research and development work as well as contributing to the energy input requirements of the building
Tyree Energy Technologies Building (TETB)
Home to Particle and Catalysis Lab and School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy (SPREE)
UNSWs School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering (SPREE) collaborates with cell manufacturers to develope new technologies and incorporate these on their industrial cell production lines, providing ready-made demand for the new products.
Solar Industrial Research Facility (SIRF)
Photovoltaic pilot production line
A world leading facility for research into vanadium and other flow battery technologies.
Flow Battery Research Laboratory
Tyree Energy Technologies Building (TETB)
Working with Transgrid and our Tesla battery for real-time studies of how increasing levels of renewable energy generation in the electricity supply network can be managed by using distributed storage solutions
500 kWh Tesla battery
Old Main Building
Real-time digital power system simulation provides an accurate, reliable and cost-effective method to simulate, verify and experiment with multiple technologies, functions, operations and control from individual components to small and large scale power systems
Real-time Digital Simulation (RTS) Laboratory
Tyree Energy Technologies Building (TETB)
Virtual synchronous controller (wind farm controller donated by Goldwind), wind converter controller and static variance compensators
Virtual Synchronous Generators for wind farm control
Lab 339, Electrical Engineering Building
A partnership between Allens and UNSW Law, the hub adds breadth and depth to research on the diverse interactions among technological change, law, and legal practice.
The Allens Hub
Law Building
Lab 339, home to domestic and industry load monitoring research equipped with typical household appliances, smart meters, analytical tools and Real-time Digital Simulators.
Lab 339
School of Electrical Engineering, Building G17
UNSW's electric vehicle capability includes fast charging and a car fleet with 2 BMW i3s and 1 Tesla.
3 Electric cars and fast charging stations
Tyree Energy Technologies Building (TETB)
UNSW Makerspaces are built into all faculties from Art and Design to Engineering, equipping both students, researchers and our entrepreneurs with the ability to custom build or prototype almost anything.
UNSW Making
Makerspaces across UNSW