Nathan Kirby

Nathan Kirby

Western Power

Nathan Kirby is Western Power’s lead for grid transformation activities in delivering the ETS, with his team supporting delivery of Western Power’s component of Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Roadmap implementation; Development of limit advices for Security Constrained Economic Dispatch and Whole of System Plan.

Nathan graduated from the University of Western Australia in 2001 with Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical with First Class Honours) and Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting & Corporate Finance) degrees. He has also completed a Master of Engineering Science at Curtin University, and is a Chartered Professional Engineer on the National Engineers Register. He has over 19 years’ experience in the Australian and international power industry, which has included engineering leadership, design, planning, operations and field roles across utility and consulting businesses.

Web tools and Projects we developed

  • Open-NEM

    The live tracker of the Australian electricity market.

  • Paris Equity Check

    This website is based on a Nature Climate Change study that compares Nationally Determined Contributions with equitable national emissions trajectories in line with the five categories of equity outlined by the IPCC.

  • liveMAGICC Climate Model

    Run one of the most popular reduced-complexity climate carbon cycle models online. Used by IPCC, UNEP GAP reports and numerous scientific publications.

  • NDC & INDC Factsheets

    Check out our analysis of all the post-2020 targets that countries announced under the Paris Agreement.