Engineering Roadmaps
The Engineering Roadmaps (“Roadmaps”) are ongoing bodies of work which identify and prioritise the critical engineering actions required to advance operational capability of Australia’s largest power systems to securely and reliably operate at times of high renewables contribution.
The Roadmaps present AEMO’s view of the technical, engineering, and operational actions required to remove the barriers to high renewables contribution across both the National Electricity Market (NEM) and the South West Interconnected System (SWIS).
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About the Engineering Roadmaps
The Engineering Roadmaps build on the Engineering Framework, which was established in 2020 to identify gaps and potential actions required to prepare the NEM for future operational conditions.
In December 2022, the Engineering Roadmap to 100% Renewables was released, presenting AEMO’s view of the technical, engineering, and operational actions required to prepare the NEM to securely and reliably operate at times of high renewables contribution. Since 2022, annual Priority Actions reports have catalogued the specific actions taken forward in each financial year, and provide a summary of progress toward high renewables contribution.
In 2024, AEMO undertook a parallel process to prepare a SWIS Engineering Roadmap, capturing learnings from the NEM Engineering Roadmap and applying them to the specific needs of the SWIS.
Achievements under the NEM Engineering Roadmap and the WA Government’s Energy Transformation Strategy provide a springboard for today’s SWIS Engineering Roadmap, which presents the engineering actions required to support increased use of renewables in WA’s largest grid. This builds on AEMO’s SWIS Integrating Utility scale Renewables and Distributed Energy Resources in the SWIS in March 2019, and the Renewable Energy Integration – SWIS Update in September 2021.
Priority Actions Reports
A Priority Actions Report is published annually for the NEM outlining the activities that AEMO plans to undertake in the upcoming financial year to advance operational capability for times of high renewables contribution.
Going forward, delivery of actions will be coordinated across the NEM and SWIS, to ensure AEMO, and the wider industry, leverage shared experiences of the energy transition between the two Australian systems.
The Roadmap is an ongoing, iterative process that requires close collaboration between AEMO and stakeholders.