Grid Resilience
Grid resilience, which has been a topic of industry focus as extreme weather events are occurring more frequently and the threat of cyber-attacks is growing, has moved to the forefront of a wider public debate in the wake of the recent power outages in Texas.
IEEE Development of Standards Supporting Advanced Reactor Design and Deployment
Nuclear power continues to be a significant contributor to carbon-free electric generation around the world.
High-Voltage DC Circuit Breakers
HVDC transmission systems are being built rapidly to integrate the renewable generation resources through point to point, multiterminal and HVDC grids due to the advantages inherently offered by the VSC technology.
Issue of Aging Equipment (end of life, diagnostics, etc.)
Asset owners in electrical power systems are faced with an aging infrastructure. In particular in North America and other developed countries, the number of electrical power assets reaching their end of service life increased in recent years.
Integrating Renewable Energy Sources (RES) and Smart Grids in Ships and Ports
The topic of Integrating Renewable Energy Sources (RES) and smart grids in ships and ports was selected via a poll of the members of IEEE PES Marine Systems Coordinating Committee (MSCC)…
Thermal Runaway Gas Sensing and Fire Suppression / Ventilation for Li-ion BESS
The use of Li-ion batteries as a method of storing energy, either from baseload plants during non-peak-usage hours or from renewable but intermittent resources when they produce more than the present consumption needs, is growing rapidly.
Grid-Forming Inverter Technology for Enabling More Integration of Renewables
The transition to an inverter-dominant, renewable power grid is driving new developments in power converter controls technology that aim to offer the speed and flexibility of power electronic equipment in combination with the stabilizing characteristics of synchronous machines.
Green Hydrogen
Green Hydrogen may help the world get to a fully decarbonized energy sector.
Virtualization of Substation Applications
IEEE PES PSCC Committee’s Protocols and Communication Architecture Subcommittee (P0) met in January 2021 where the subcommittee approved the formation of the P21 study group to investigate whether a standard document should be created to address system architectures supporting the virtualization of substation protection and control applications.
Active Distribution Networks, Interconnected Microgrids, and Energy Hubs
As microgrids continue to grow as an important topic in the power and energy industry, it becomes more and more imperative for all engineers and researchers in the field to be familiar with the many aspects of microgrids.