Brian Innes, Managing Director of Nanogrids, has been a thought leader on energy and carbon markets for the past decade. He combines expertise in engineering, energy/carbon markets, data systems and management processes to provide practical strategic advice to the major carbon emitters in Australia.
Brian has an extensive energy systems knowledge base with skills that stretch across upstream and downstream electricity/gas markets, remote off grid energy systems, renewable technologies, distributed electricity generation, cogeneration, energy control systems, data communications and the many software layers required to support the integration and management of our future energy systems.
Nanogrids was created by Brian to help his clients surf the wave of change which is occurring in our energy systems, manage the risks and extract the maximum value from the market and technology options that present. After an extensive career assisting major energy users and working across all elements of the WA energy supply chain, Brian and his team can help you manage the changes and drive down your energy costs and secure your energy future.
But what is a Nanogrid?
A nanogrid in its simplest form is your own grid and this may be as small as a household or a 100MW self powered industrial facility. A nanogrid however, can choose the times and terms with which it connects to the major grid and can negotiate fair compensation for the services they provide.
Nanogrids are everywhere in WA, driven primarily by our remote resource sector and it is this knowledge of getting power stations and loads to work together that drives our philosophy at Nanogrids Pty Ltd. The rise in the number of nanogrids is swiftly growing as industry and households invest in control, generation and storage so they can interact dynamically with the grid.
Nanogrids Pty Ltd can foresee there is dynamic change coming where the bargaining strength of the Nanogrid will start to compete with the networks and regulators. The economic reality of the choices we make will create a tipping point and over the next decade an optimum new technology based energy mix will evolve.
At Nanogrids we believe in the strength of a hybrid solution and the “perfect is often the enemy of the good”. For example, the role of distributed natural gas as an effective back-up system to our grid is often overlooked by the electrical solution designers.
Diversifying our energy mix has always been a key strategic goal and well designed nanogrids will provide a key missing link in developing the most economical way for future energy systems.