NGN Events
University of Manchester: Distinguished Lecture Report
The University of Manchester had the pleasure of hosting John Wright, Principal Engineer & Technical Applications Engineer Leader – Europe, Central Asia & Sub-Saharan Africa at GE VERNOVA. John…
CIGRE UK SC-A2 & NGN Presentation Competition & Awards
Introduction Taking place on Friday 7th March 2025 at the University of Manchester, 12 early career engineers and researchers will present their transformers related work in short presentations (8…
Distinguished Industry Lecture: Role of HVDC, HVAC and FACTS in Facilitating Net Zero | CIGRE UK NGN University of Birmingham Hub
OVERVIEW CIGRE UK’s NGN University of Birmingham Hub is delighted to announce a distinguished industry lecture presented by Carl Barker on 3rd March 2025. This lecture, kindly hosted by the…
Distinguished Industry Lecture: Engineering Net Zero at the CIGRE UK NGN University of Birmingham Hub
OVERVIEW With the Energy Net Zero University Outreach Initiative, we aim to increase engagement from university students on Net Zero Energy topics and encourage discussions around Net Zero targets…
CIGRE UK NGN Section Committee Election Results
As my tenure as Chair of the CIGRE UK NGN comes to an end, I am pleased to announce the results of the 2025 CIGRE UK NGN elections. It…
Honourable Mention for a UK Entry to the NGN Paris Showcase Competition
Haonan Yang, a PhD student at the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department of The University of Manchester, was successfully chosen and sponsored by CIGRE UK, to attend the CIGRE…
Post Session 2024 Technical Conference: Report & Presentations
On Thursday 14th November 2024, CIGRE UK held a post Paris Session Technical Conference at the IET Austin Court in Birmingham. 70 members attended the Conference and heard from individuals…
University of Birmingham Distinguished Lecture Series | 28th November 2024
Lecture Abstract: Power System Protection is critical to the stability, reliability and security of any electrical infrastructure. The power grid dynamics are changing; from a synchronous machine based, unidirectional…
CIGRE Study Committee A2/NGN Factory Visit: November 2024
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, Loughborough...CIGRE NGN India and UK Collaborative Webinar | Thursday 25th July 2024 | 12:00-13:00 (BST)
About this Technical Webinar: The initial segment of the webinar provides an overview of the history and current state of substation automation. It highlights IEC 61850 standard which created a revolutionary…
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…
CIGRE UK NGN Young Members Showcase | Presentation & Videos
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…
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…
CIGRE UK NGN Training Session| Substation Fundamentals: Secondary Systems | Review & Presentations
The CIGRE UK NGN is delighted to share a review of the recent successful Training Session on Substation Fundamentals: Secondary Systems, held on Tuesday, 12th March 2024. The event, hosted...CIGRE NGN UK & NL Webinar – Data Interoperability & Common Information Model |Presentation & Webinar video
As we move towards the energy transition the data ecosystems, data landscape is changing so drastically, there is more crucial need for data co-ordination, exchanges and collaboration between different actors…
NGN UK & Ireland Webinar – Hydrogen and Energy Storage | Presentations & Video
Hydrogen and Energy Storage, Enabling the Net Zero Transition Online| Wednesday 19th July 2023 – Presentations Downloads & Video Professional from the energy storage and Hydrogen industry discussed the…
National Grid Control Room Visit – CIGRE UK NGN | Visit Report
National Grid Control Room Visit – CIGRE UK NGN Summary This was the first in-person event that the CIGRE UK NGN committee has organised, post pandemic, and was successfully delivered in…
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…
Innovation and Creativity – Video of the Webinar
Innovation and Creativity: See the Video For this CIGRE UK NGN event we had two distinguished speakers. Xiaolong Hu is an innovation manager with National Grid and Dennis Sherwood an…
Clean Technologies & Energy Storage – A Collaborative Event with NGN UK & NGN Romania
The Next Generation Network (NGN) seeks to facilitate a successful transition into the power systems industry for early-career professionals and students by providing technical resources and networking opportunities for personal…
NGN Young Members Showcase 2022 Finalists Presentations and Judging – 24th January 2022 10am – 12noon
The CIGRE UK NGN Young Member presentation competition provides an opportunity for early career electrical engineers to showcase their work to the wider CIGRE community. A panel of senior CIGRE…
Cutting Edge Technologies Towards a Net Zero World
CIGRE NGN UK and CIGRE NGN Australia would like to invite to a webinar where two top speakers will present current research activities and applications regarding the impact of cutting…
Grid Forming Technologies for the Net Zero Power Network an online webinar in collaboration with CIGRE UK NGN and Study Committee B4
On 3rd December 2021, CIGRE UK NGN and Study Committee B4 organised an online webinar on Grid Forming Technologies for the Net Zero Power Network. Two speakers were invited, including…
– Grid Forming Technologies for the Net Zero Power Network –
A CIGRE UK NGN and Study Committee B4 Collaboration. Grid Forming technology is one of the potential solutions that can support zero carbon operation of GB’s electricity network. CIGRE UK…
Women In Energy (WiE) Roundtable Discussion – Recording
Two CIGRE NGN groups, Italy and UK held an exciting Inclusion and Diversity webinar between 1-2:30pm BST, 2-3:30pm CEST on 26th Oct. The event started with an interesting presentation from…
CIGRE NGN Women In Energy (WiE) Roundtable Discussion – A Webinar on 26th October 2021
CIGRE NGN was established to connect younger generations with senior generations to ensure that everyone’s opinions and views are heard. We bring a fresh look to an ageing industry and…
Opportunities & Challenges for HVDC & Power Electronics in the UK
– Review, Presentations & Event Recording – Jianing Li presented the activities of the NGN (Next Generation Network) Section of CIGRE UK, then went on to Chair the event….
Opportunities & Challenges for HVDC & Power Electronics in the UK – 15th September 2021
About this event This event has 4 speakers:- Speaker: Mark Osbourne Title: ‘The evolution of FACTS applications in the GB Transmission System’ Abstract: The presentation will discuss the range of…
CIGRE NGN UK China Joint Webinar Poster – May 2021
The Next Generation Network (NGN) seeks to facilitate a successful transition into the power systems industry for early-career professionals and students by providing technical resources and networking opportunities for personal…
Researchers from UK & Netherlands share their research on the impact of COVID-19 on electrical power systems
Dr Mathaios Panteli, Assistant Professor at University of Cyprus, Dr Matthias Noebels, Ph.D. researcher at the University of Manchester and Mr Jan Vorrink, head of the Control Centres Netherlands…
Researchers from UK & Italy share their research on Resiliency of Grid
Dr Luigi Calcara, member of CIGRE Italy NGN, Assistant Professor of Power Systems at University “La Sapienza” and Dr Alejandro Martínez Ceseña (Alex), academic fellow in multi-energy systems at The…