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DESCRIPTION:We are sharing a guest speaker\, Dr Nishad Mendis\, with the QU
 T PECT group. The topic is one that should be of interest to all EE profes
 sionals\, irrespective of field of interest. Our speaker will joint us\, v
 irtually\, from Sydney. Following the talk your convenor would like to hav
 e a brief discussion about future general-interest topics for meetings of 
 our LMAG in 2023. Refreshments will be available on the QUT Gardens Point 
 Campus.\n\nAbstract: Australia is on its track to becoming the renewable e
 nergy superpower globally. Aging coal retirements\, falling cost of renewa
 ble energies\, and government commitment to emission reductions provide mo
 re certainty for the renewable energy project developers to penetrate into
  the electricity grid. Though integrating renewable energy into the grid i
 s promising\, it presents some challenges which need to be addressed to en
 sure system security and reliability. In this regard\, energy storage is a
  viable solution to operate the grid resiliently. The presentation discuss
 es the role of the energy storage system as the enabler of renewable energ
 y uptake and how it helps achieve Net Zero targets by 2050.\n\nBiography: 
 Nishad Mendis is currently working as the National Sales and Engineering L
 eader for Bureau Veritas\, Australia. Prior to this\, he worked for DNV as
  a Senior Electrical Engineer\, Eltek as the Solution Engineer\, Alstom gr
 id as a Design and Commissioning Engineer for HV substations. Nishad compl
 eted his PhD from the University of Wollongong (2012)\, MBA from the Anahe
 im University USA (2020)\, and bachelor’s degree from the University of 
 Moratuwa\, Sri Lanka (2005). He is currently serving as a Board Member for
  IEEE IAS Executive USA\, an Honorary Fellow for School of Electrical Engi
 neering for Deakin University\, and an industry advisory board member for 
 Federation University. Also\, he is serving as Associate Editor for IEEE T
 ransactions on Energy Conversions.\n\nRoom: S12-01\, Bldg: S-block\, QUT G
 ardens Point Campus\, BRISBANE\, Queensland\, Australia
LOCATION:Room: S12-01\, Bldg: S-block\, QUT Gardens Point Campus\, BRISBANE
 \, Queensland\, Australia
ORGANIZER:john@atwell-gough.com
SEQUENCE:3
SUMMARY:Life Members Affinity Group - General Interest Talk and Life Member
 s Discussion
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/329802
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>We are sharing a guest speaker\, Dr Nishad
  Mendis\,&nbsp\; with the QUT PECT group. The topic is one that should be 
 of interest to all EE professionals\, irrespective of field of interest. O
 ur speaker will joint us\, virtually\, from Sydney. Following the talk you
 r convenor would like to have a brief discussion about future general-inte
 rest topics for meetings of our LMAG in 2023. Refreshments will be availab
 le on the QUT Gardens Point Campus.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;<strong>Abstract:</stro
 ng> Australia is on its track to becoming the renewable energy superpower 
 globally. Aging coal retirements\, falling cost of renewable energies\, &n
 bsp\;and government commitment to emission reductions provide more certain
 ty for the renewable energy project developers to penetrate into the elect
 ricity grid. Though integrating renewable energy into the grid is promisin
 g\, it presents some challenges which need to be addressed to ensure syste
 m security and reliability. In this regard\, energy storage is a viable so
 lution to operate the grid resiliently. The presentation discusses the rol
 e of the energy storage system as the enabler of renewable energy uptake a
 nd how it helps achieve Net Zero targets by 2050.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;<strong>B
 iography:</strong> Nishad Mendis is currently working as the National Sale
 s and Engineering Leader for Bureau Veritas\, Australia. Prior to this\, h
 e worked for DNV as a Senior Electrical Engineer\, Eltek as the Solution E
 ngineer\, Alstom grid as a Design and Commissioning Engineer for HV substa
 tions. Nishad completed his PhD from the University of Wollongong (2012)\,
  MBA from the Anaheim University USA (2020)\, and bachelor&rsquo\;s degree
  from the University of Moratuwa\, Sri Lanka (2005). He is currently servi
 ng as a Board Member for IEEE IAS Executive USA\, an Honorary Fellow for S
 chool of Electrical Engineering for Deakin University\, and an industry ad
 visory board member for Federation University. Also\, he is serving as Ass
 ociate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversions.</p>
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