ELECTRA N°335
August 2024

Welcome to the Paris Session!

Featured
in this edition N°335

Global connections

Watts & Bits: How Power Grids and Cloud Computing Are Working Together to Implement “Utility 3.0” Through Electro-Cyber Integration

Technology E2E

Managing Voltage issues caused by Rooftop PV and battery – case study from New Zealand

Global Leadership Perspectives

Effective Meetings

Life of the association

CIGRE China - May 2024 China Day Event at the CIGRE Steering Committee Meeting

CIGRE sponsors

Editorial

Global Connections

Challenges for Electric Grid Development
Fostering Grid Flexibility and Renewables Integration with Advanced Composite Overhead Conductors
Industrializing the Energy Transition: Flexing the Power of Hydrogen
Watts & Bits: How Power Grids and Cloud Computing Are Working Together to Implement “Utility 3.0” Through Electro-Cyber Integration

Technology E2E

Dealing with interactions in modern power electronics dominated power systems
Energizing the Future: The Evolution of Smart and Eco-Friendly T&D Equipment
A Consideration on Blade Receptors in Protecting Wind Turbines from Positive-polarity Lightning Attachments
Managing Voltage issues caused by Rooftop PV and battery – case study from New Zealand

Global Leadership Perspectives

Effective Meetings

WANTED – EDITOR/COPYWRITER with POWER SYSTEM EXPERIENCE

Dear CIGRE members,
Our English language editor and copywriter has made the decision to retire at the end of 2024 so we are looking for someone with experience in our power system industry to replace her.
The position reports to the Central Office in Paris. It constitutes approximately 15-20 hours a month and can be done from anywhere in the world. As Editor you would be a member of the CIGRE Editorial Board.
If you or anyone you know might be interested, please contact Philippe Adam, Secretary General of CIGRE.

Contact

Life of Association

CIGRE International Symposium Montreal 2025
CIGRE NGN: Discussion with Kurtis Martin-Sturmey
5th SEERC Conference Sarajevo 2025 - Call for papers
Introducing six new Study Committee Chairs
CIGRE General Assembly 2024 Report
CIGRE China - May 2024 China Day Event at the CIGRE Steering Committee Meeting

CIGRE Awards

CIGRE Medal 2024 Recipients
CIGRE Fellows 2024 Recipients
CIGRE Honorary Members 2024
CIGRE Women in Energy Award 2024
Next Generation Network Significant Contribution Award 2024

Annual Reports

SC  C1
Power system development and economics
SC  C2
Power system operation and control
SC  C3
Power system sustainability and environmental performance

Technical Brochures

TB 934 WG B4.81

Interaction between nearby VSC-HVDC converters, FACTs devices, HV power electronic devices and conventional AC equipment

TB 936 JWG D2/C2.48

Enhanced Information and Data Exchange to Enable Future TSO-DSO Coordination and Interoperability

TB 935
WG B4.84
Feasibility study and application of electric energy storage systems embedded in HVDC and STATCOM systems

Events

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CIGRE GCC Power 2025 - Kuwait
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Grid of the Future - Denver, CO
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DEMSEE 2026 - Belgrade
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SGSMA 2026 - Santiago de Chile