Pre Conference Site Tours - Wednesday 4 April 2018
EECON 2018 Pre Conference Site Tours - Wednesday 4 April
Wagners Toowoomba & UQ Gatton - Tour 1
Wagners Toowoomba
The tour will give attendees the opportunity for a full ‘behind the scenes’ walkthrough of Wagners CFT, where you will get to explore Wagners new Crossarm production facility located in the Wellcamp Industrial Estate outside of Toowoomba. A fully guided tour will be conducted covering off on every stage of their state-of-the-art composite crossarm production line. Learn about the fabrication process, and the myriad of techniques utilised to test the product and ensure consistent production output, along with how Wagners have embraced automation and managed the implementation of robotics into the process. In addition to the manufacturing of composite crossarms attendees will witness full scale crossarm structural testing (to failure), and learn about the various failure modes that exist. This tour also provides the rare opportunity to witness high voltage testing for electrical tracking in contaminated environments, normally used for testing high voltage insulating materials. Hearing and eye protection will be provided on site.
Attendees are required to disclose their employer and status of employment. Wagners reserves the right to deny access to segments of the Wagners Tour for some parties.
University of Queensland Gatton Solar Research Facility
The University of Queensland has the largest solar research facility in the southern hemisphere at universities Gatton campus. The 3.275 megawatt Gatton Solar Research Facility comprises more than 37,000 thin-film photovoltaic panels, mounted on the campus’s 10ha former airstrip. The development is funded by a $40.7 million Federal Government Education Investment Fund program grant administered by the Department of Education. For the first time in Australia, multiple PV mounting technologies including fixed-tilt, single-axis and dual-axis tracker technologies are in operation side-by-side in the same field. A 600 kW, 760 kWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) has also been integrated with The University of Queensland (UQ) Gatton solar PV plant. From this site visit you will get firsthand experience with Universities solar research capability.
Important: Attendees to wear basic protective clothing. Please ensure you wear sensible closed-toe shoes.
8.30am sharp departure from Rydges, Fortitude Valley, Bowen Hills
11.00am – 1.30pm Wagners site visit & lunch
2.30pm – 4.00pm UQ site visit
5.15pm arrive Rydges Fortitude Valley, Bowen Hills
Prices including GST: $75 per person
NOJA POWER and AEMO Tour 2
Noja Power Switchgear Factory Tour
Witness world leading technology manufacturing at NOJA Power’s Brisbane Head Office. This rare tour opportunity grants unprecedented access to this Australian firm’s operations in Medium Voltage Switchgear and Control systems. This comprehensive tour showcases the process from R&D, through production and out to the end users in over 86 countries worldwide. With one of the largest private High Voltage test facilities in the country, NOJA Power invites you to tour their facilities including a 600kV Impulse Generator, 200kV Power Frequency and a Salt Fog Insulation Test chamber developed in partnership with the University of Queensland. A must see for any Power Systems Professionals and Engineers.
AEMO Brisbane Control Centre Tour
In the afternoon, we will take a visit to AEMO’s Brisbane Control Centre. There we will be given an overview of AEMO operations followed by a demonstration of the NEM simulator. We will see the simulation of the SA Power black system event on 28 September 2016 as well as the simulation of a Queensland cyclone scenario.
Important: Attendees to wear basic protective clothing. Please ensure you wear sensible closed-toe shoes.
