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CIGRE UK Next Generation Network Committee Nominations 2024

Dear CIGRE UK NGN Members,  It is that time of year again when we invite members to step forward and contribute to the future direction of our growing network by…

CIGRE UK Site Visit: IFA1 HVDC Convertor Station: Event Cancelled

Unfortunately, due to operational restrictions, this visit has had to be cancelled. On Wednesday, 2nd October 2024, starting at 10am, the CIGRE UK NGN committee has organsied an exclusive visit…

SWITCHGEAR 2024 – Life after SF6

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ next Switchgear: Life after SF6 event will focus on the process of establishing alternative gas insulators for switchgear and the associated manufacturing and distribution challenges…

CIGRE Study Committee A2 Factory Visit

  CIGRE UK Study Committee A2 (Transformers) with CIGRE UK’s NGN section in support, has arranged a factory visit, kindly hosted by Brush Transformers at its Loughborough facility (Nottingham Road,…

Why Join CIGRE

You and your organisation need to keep up with the changing world of power system expertise. CIGRE offers members access to the world’s foremost global community and its world leading…

Digitalisation and Data Science Conference – Enabler for Net Zero

  Overview: This one day conference, kindly hosted by Imperial College London, will feature speakers from industry, government and academia.  Current projects/research will be reviewed and discussed, together with updates…

CIGRE Session 2024 – How the Session is organised video and useful download guide

CIGRE UK member ZIA EMIN kindly recorded this video in 2022 to explain what to expect and how to get the best from your time as a delegate at a…

CIGRE UK’s Evening Reception – Paris Session 2024

  We are excited to confirm that the CIGRE UK Paris Session reception will take place once again at the spectacular Cercle de l’Union Interalliée located at 33, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honore, 75008 Paris from 6.30pm –…

Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure and Technologies | Thursday 25th July 2024 | 14:00 – 15:00 | University of Birmingham | Hybrid Event

  Dr Moumita Das received the PhD degree from the department of electrical engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India. After completion of PhD she has done…

CIGRE UK Women in Energy Webinar | Embracing Diversity in Engineering for Advancing Towards Net Zero | Video

  To recognised International Women in Engineering Day, a panel from CIGRE Women in Energy discussed embracing diversity in engineering and how this will help in achieving the Net Zero…

Collaboration on Energy Transition Across Boundaries: WiE Webinar | 13th June 2024

  CIGRE Netherlands-Women in Energy has the pleasure to invite you for the webinar Collaboration on energy transition across boundaries on the 13th of June from 8.00-11.30 BST.  Please note that…

Artificial Intelligence in the Energy Sector & Understanding Neurodiversity: Videos & Presentations

  We’re thrilled to share the incredible outcome of CIGRE UK’s recent Women in Energy workshop, the first WiE in-person event in four years! This event brought together a diverse…

Listing of Technical Books & References of Relevance to B5 Domain

As part of CIGRE’s mission to be the leading source of information for the electricity industry, this page in CIGRE’s KMS (Knowledge Management System) provides lists considered to be of…

CIGRE UK Ambassador Programme

The Ambassador Programme This program aims to engage individuals within CIGRE UK’s Collective membership (both Companies and Academic Institutions) and recognise them as champions/ambassadors for CIGRE. An ambassador will serve…

CIGRE UK NGN University of Birmingham Hub: HVDC & FACTS Lecture Report

  The CIGRE UK NGN UoB Hub co-hosted a Distinguished Industry Lecture at the University of Birmingham from 2 pm to 5 pm on 4th March 2024. During the lecture,…

Power and energy systems of the future: sustainable, digitalised, & ?

  Hybrid event at the KTH Campus Stockholm, Sweden or online. This event will cover a spectrum of relevant topics within the scope of energy transition & digitalization (to be brought…

Inauguration Event of CIGRE UK University Hub

  How e-CIGRE Accelerates Research Inauguration Event of CIGRE UK NGN University of Birmingham Hub A CIGRE UK NGN seminar was successfully hosted in University of Birmingham, in the noon…

Renew Your Membership for 2024

Members will soon receive an invoice for their 2024 subscription renewal via email, by the end of December 2023, to the address we have on record.  If you have not…

CIGRE UK NGN Committee 2024: Vote for your candidate!

  The following NGN candidates have put their names forward for the following posts. Click on the candidate links below to read about them. Voting will close on the day…

CIGRE UK AGM Documents – 14th November 2023

Find below links to the AGM material (click to download) Pre-Meeting Pack Compliance Guide Full Version Revised_2014-07-25 Summary Compliance Guidelines for CIGRE Meetings 2023 AGM Agenda Timed CIGRE UK AGM…

CIGRE UK AGM & Technical Conference: Update & Presentations

  Members of CIGRE UK were welcomed to our AGM & Technical Conference that took place on Tuesday 14th November 2023, at the IET Austin Court Birmingham. The theme of…

Young Members Showcase Competition 2024 – Call for Abstracts Extended

The CIGRE Paris Session is a leading international event in the power industry, gathering worldwide experts to discuss and learn about the industry’s future. CIGRE Session 2024 will take place…

An Introduction to SSEN’s HVDC Project Aquila and its Concepts

In this webinar you will hear what Project Aquila is, how it came about, and the specific vendor agnostic approaches to DC network delivery, control and testing it is seeking…

CIGRE UK Membership Survey 2023 | Win an iPad mini

CIGRE UK Membership Survey CIGRE UK wishes to hear from its members to improve on what it does. If you are part of CIGRE UK as an Individual Member (including…

Call for Presenters: CIGRE UK Monthly Webinar Series 2024

| The Opportunity | CIGRE’s primary purpose is to allow engineers, specialists and thought leaders from all around the world to exchange information and enhance their knowledge related to power…

Hold the Date!

CIGRE UK Annual Meeting Day 2023 | Tuesday 14th November 2023 | 11:00 – 18:30 Venue: The IET Austin Court, Birmingham  Outline for the day Annual General Meeting | Networking…

Programme for the Preparation of Papers for Paris Session 2024

Find below the schedule to be followed for the preparation of papers for Paris Session 2024.  For questions please contact John Finn at secretary@cigre.org.uk  

Collaboration in the North Sea Powerhouse (Part 3): Germany Energy Security

About this Event With the signing of the Esjberg declaration in May 2022 by Belgium, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands collabo- ration in the North Sea has become reality. A…

CIGRE UK Webinar: Report on A3/B3 Joint Colloquium | Presentation & Video

  The CIGRE UK National Committee invited CIGRE Study Committees B3 & A3 to hold a joint Colloquium in Birmingham between the 9th and 12th May 2023 at the IET…

SC B4 Newsletter – June 2023 edition

  Another edition of the B4 Newsletter brimmed full of information (see the table of contents below). To read the Newsletter click on the link below B4 Newsletter June 2023

Data Science and Next Generation Communications in Electricity Networks: Event Presentations

  CIGRE UK’s conference on Data Science and Next Generation Communications in Electricity Networks, kindly hosted by Arup, took place on Friday 30th June in London.  The event featured expert speakers who discussed…

How the transition to net zero can succeed – Videos & Presentations

  On Monday June 26th 2023, delegates joined us for a collaborative webinar organised by CIGRE UK NGN and CIGRE Austria NGN on ‘How the transition to net zero can…

CIGRE Joint B3 & A3 Colloquium: Brief Report

Enabling the Transition to Net Zero

IEEE PES Women in Power UK & Ireland together with CIGRE UK’s Next Generation Network & Women in Energy Sections have invited four speakers to present current industrial and academic…

Data Science and Next Generation Communications in Electricity Networks

CIGRE UK is planning a conference, kindly hosted by ARUP in London, on the subject of Data Science and Next Generation Communications in Electricity Networks. We are looking for presenters…

CIGRE SC A2 & 6th ICTRAM Joint Colloquium 2023

The Croatian National CIGRE branch in cooperation with the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing in Zagreb and the Centre of Excellence for Transformers in Zagreb is organising the CIGRE…

Call for Papers: CIGRE Paris Session 2024

Although August 2024 may seem a long way away it is now time to start preparing the synopsis for any paper that you wish to submit for the 2024 Session. You…

Membership Renewal 2023

Current members will have receive an invoice for their 2023 subscription renewal via email, during December 2022, to the address we have on record.  If you have not received this…

Report on CIGRE UK A2/D1 Liaison Meeting

On 17th January the annual CIGRE UK A2/D1 Liaison Meeting took place as a hybrid event at The University of Manchester and online. More than 40 experts in person and…

CIGRE UK Technical Webinar 18th January 2023 | Presentations & Video

Development of Grid Forming Convertors for Secure and Reliable Operations of Future Electricity systems Held Online| Wednesday 18th January 2023 | 12:30 – 13:30  – About this event: In this…

Joint IEEE UK & Ireland and CIGRE UK Technical Webinar | Tuesday 7th February 2023 | 13:00 – 15:00 |

Presentation Abstracts: Transient Stability Enhancement of Large-Scale Power Systems Using Maximum Energy Balance Control. Prof. Wu’s presentation is concerned with the nonlinear adaptive control of a large-scale power system. Its…

19th International Conference on AC & DC Transmission

The electrical power system is changing and we face new challenges   ACDC, an Institution of Engineering and Technology conference, is the meeting point for power transmission engineers to learn…

MatPost 2023

MatPost2023, 7th International Substation Equipment’s conference and exhibition will gather many companies in the field, from different countries.   The aim of this conference is to bring together academics and…

CIGRE Session 2022: SC A2 (Power Transformers & Reactors) Recap

CIGRE UK A2 elected regular member Zhongdong Wang during the Group Discussion Meeting in her role as a special reporter (Courtesy of Elizabeth MacKenzie). From 28 August to 02 September…

CIGRE UK General Meeting | AGM Presentations/Minutes/Awards & Technical Presentations

  Members (Individual and Collective) of CIGRE UK joined our General Meeting Day on Tuesday 22nd November with took place at the IET Austin Court Birmingham, and was followed by a series…

CIGRE UK B5/D2 Technical Liaison Meeting 2022 – Presentation Material

The purpose of the meeting, kindly hosted by the University of Birmingham, led by UK Regular Members John Wright (B5) & Thomas Charlton (D2) and supported by Professor Gareth Taylor,…

Joint Working Group C6/B4.37 – Medium Voltage DC Distribution Systems Webinar

Tuesday 18th October 2022 12:00 – 13:30 BST Power Electronics is a critical enabler for an accelerated transition to achieve a net-zero carbon electricity network. Such a technology provides controlled…

C4 Website Link

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iMechE Conference: Switchgear – Life after SF6

CIGRE UK is supporting an event, organised by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, on the subject of the future of SF6 in switchgear.  The event will take place on Monday…