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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,…

CIGRE UK Site Visit: IFA1 HVDC Convertor Station

On Wednesday, 2nd October 2024, starting at 10am, the CIGRE UK NGN committee has organsied an exclusive visit to the IFA1 HVDC Converter Station, located at the Sellindge Converter Station,…

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 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…

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  

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

Joint B3 & A3 COLLOQUIUM Update: 9th – 12th May 2023

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

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…

Speak-Up Policy

Dear CIGRE UK member, As an organisation it is very important that we are open to feedback in the way we operate and that we listen to our members views…

– Net Zero Resource Library –

The objective of this new section of the CIGRE UK website is to collect published information on the subject of Net Zero relevant to power systems and in doing so…

CIRED Porto Workshop 2022

CIRED workshops on specific topics are organized in Europe every two years between CIRED main conferences. In 2022, the workshop will address “E-mobility and power distribution systems“. It will be…