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As the world transitions to a low-carbon energy system and societal pressures mount to tackle the climate change, new public/private capital infusion has created a massive number of grid infrastructure projects. Power and utility executives across the globe report too few workers have the right skills to adopt digital technologies, for example,
From a recent IEEE PES webinar “Importance of T&D Grid Modernization to Mitigate Impacts from and Adapt to Climate Change,” also identifies that one of critical pillars for power sector to modernize the grid and combat climate change is to make concerted efforts at the secondary and pre-secondary education levels to attract students into energy careers and the science, technology, and engineering disciplines.
“Power industry is undergoing remarkable transitions driven mainly by decarbonization and resulting intensified electrification and grid modernization. In this context, the need for a qualified workforce for tackling these challenges has been pointed out as top priority by major power industry professionals. This need concerns all categories of key competences and levels ranging from technicians to engineers and R&D experts.”
— Nouredine Hadjsaid, Vice President New Initiatives/Outreach
Subgroup 1:
IEEE PES Web-based Tutorial
Topic: Solar Design and Installation Training – 101
This Web-based Tutorial aims to provide fundamental knowledge and guidelines on how to conduct solar photovoltaic system design and installation process. The webinar aims to provide an easy understanding way, with minimum theoretical involvement, to establish with quick understanding and skills on how to design and install a solar PV system. The topics include solar panels, solar inverters, batteries for solar PV systems, racking of solar panels, PV system design guidelines, PV system installation guide, and testing and troubleshooting. A significant number of practical figures, drawings, videos, and presentation animations will be utilized in the webinar series to build fundamental skills that would speed up trainees to get into the solar industry.
Subgroup 3:
IEEE Global Power & Energy Workforce Collaborative Analysis-preliminary draft in development
Subgroups 4 & 5:
Subgroups 5 & 6:
Workforce Panel Sessions planned for:
Subgroup 1: Engineering Introduction Lead Shuhui Li
Focus: 9-12 (High School), 2-year Trade School, Undergraduate, Young Professional (YP)
Members: Anand Shah, Jessica Bian, Thiago Alencar
Subgroup 2: Regional Outreach Lead: Kamal Garg
Focus: Identify regional collaboration opportunities and support regional effort of other subgroups. These members work directly with appropriate subgroup(s).
Members: Millicent Kwangwari-WiP Liaison, Saroj Chelluri-Asia/India Liaison, Amit Mittal – Asia/India Liaison, Shaikh Fattah-Asia/India Liaison, Par Lundstrom-Europe Liaison, Dirk Van Hertem-Europe Liaison
Subgroup 3: Global Initiatives Lead: Bill Hederman
Focus: Current Global Initiatives, i.e. LRP-SC4.
Subgroup 4: Communication Lead: Chang Wong
Focus: Website and Communication Outreach for Workforce Initiatives
Subgroup 5: Education & Government Outreach Lead: Masood Parvania
Focus: Education & Govt Outreach
Members: Mani V. Venkatasubramanian (Dr. Mani), Osama Mohammed
Subgroup 6: Industry Outreach Lead: Wayne Bishop
Focus: Engage with industry and identify opportunities for collaboration on the topic of Workforce Development
Members: Julio Romero Aguero, Babak Enayati, Robert Zangrandi, Philippe Vie, Regis Le Drezen
Subgroup 7: Certification Opportunity & Strategies Leads: Jianhui Wang & Mengmeng Zhuang
Focus: Certification viability analysis.
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