Matthew Bird
Matthew Bird is a Systems Engineer and Manager at Energy Catalyst, a specialist consulting practice focused on the targeted structural shifts required for legacy power systems to be capable of supporting a secure and cost-efficient Net Zero Emissions future. He has significant experience working on energy system transformation projects, including the CSIRO/ENA Electricity Network Transformation Roadmap, the Roadmap to 2030 for the Alice Springs power system, and advising Asia Pacific Economic Cooperative (APEC) economies on the global deployment of Variable Renewable Energy generation in islanded power systems. Matt has a deep appreciation of formal methodologies for ‘taming’ the complexity of GW-scale power systems, in particular Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE). This has enabled him to play key roles in Australia’s contribution to the Global Power System Transformation Consortium (GPST). Matt holds a Master of Engineering Science (Systems Engineering) from the University of Queensland, and undergraduate degrees in Electrical Engineering and Commerce.
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