Full Name
Oliver Nunn
Job title
Managing Director
Organisation
Endgame Analytics
Speaker bio
Oliver is the managing director of Endgame – an economic and mathematical advisory firm specialising in energy. Prior to establishing Endgame, Oliver led the quantitative team at the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) and before that worked as a mathematical and economic consultant in the energy sector for several years.
Oliver has extensive experience providing strategic advice as a trusted expert in the National Electricity Market (NEM). His experience is founded on developing mathematical models that capture complex aspects of power system and market operation that support clients in making informed decisions in the presence of uncertainty.
Oliver has extensive experience providing strategic advice as a trusted expert in the National Electricity Market (NEM). His experience is founded on developing mathematical models that capture complex aspects of power system and market operation that support clients in making informed decisions in the presence of uncertainty.
Speaking At
Faster than forecast: Solar & storage technology outlook
Meeting Queensland's long duration energy storage needs
Meeting Queensland's long duration energy storage needs
Presentation title
The sunny side up scenario
Presentation title for "Faster than forecast: Solar & storage technology outlook" session
The sunny side up scenario
Presentation summary
We examine wholesale market modelling outcomes in a world of limited wind, where the principal technologies are solar and storage. We show the price outcomes, risks, and unanswered questions arising from this modelling.
Presentation title for "Meeting Queensland's long duration energy storage needs" session
The value of 8-hour BESS for Queensland in an energy constrained NEM
Presentation summary
Queensland faces a unique transition pathway against the backdrop of delayed coal retirements, costly and reduced PHES build, wound back transmission and challenges associated with wind developments. This provides an unprecedented opportunity for longer duration utility battery energy storage systems (BESS) to provide core value to the system through intra-day shifting of energy given the Eternal Sunshine – a plausible outlook of an abundance of solar generation given the inability to build other forms of generation. Endgame’s analysis unpacks a critical point of the transition, moving from a capacity constrained NEM to an energy constrained one. Understanding the need and value of long duration BESS is demonstrated through a rigorous analysis of weather dependence and the challenges associated with meeting demand needs during wind droughts over short 2-hour peak demand events. Endgame’s modelling conveys these challenges and opportunities for LDS specific to Queensland in light of state driven policies and limited reliance on other regions.
