BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250330T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251026T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251028T144527Z UID:EAE2FF85-85C8-4288-9F0F-7C620C2C691C DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250620T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250620T120000 DESCRIPTION:[]\n\nIEEE PES Distinguished Lecturer Programme:\n\nTitle: The Role of HVDC and Power Electronics in the Future Smart Electric Grid\n\nBy Dr Rambabu Adapa\, PhD\, FIEEE\, P.E.\, Technical Executive\, HVDC & Powe r Electronics\, EPRI\n\n2 - 3 pm (BST)\, 18th June 2025.\n\nRoom 317\, Eng ineering Building\, UCD Engineering & Materials Science Centre\, Universit y College Dublin\, Stillorgan Rd\, Belfield\, Dublin 4\, Ireland\n\n& Onli ne via Teams (online meeting link will be sent to registrants before the e vent)\n\nAbstract:\n\nSmart Grid is the most popular buzz word in the elec tric utility industry now-a-days. Many utilities are undertaking smart gri d projects around the world. Though the initial smart grid projects focus at distribution level but the trend is growing towards smart transmission level controllers as well. It is foreseen that many High Voltage Direct Cu rrent (HVDC) and power electronics-based Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) controllers will be installed in the T&D networks to realize the s mart transmission and distribution network. According to a report from Pik e Research\, one of the most important high-growth sectors within the util ity market is HVDC transmission. According to Cleantech Market Intelligenc e Firm\, the cumulative spending for HVDC Systems between 2012 and 2020 is about US $110 Billion to US $ 120 Billion. Though most of the growth is i n Asian countries like China and India\, it is also anticipated that signi ficant increase in HVDC applications will happen in Europe\, North America \, and other parts of the world due to renewable resource integration.\n\n This presentation provides the state-of-the art in HVDC and FACTS technolo gies and discusses the new applications of HVDC and FACTS\, AC line conver sion to DC\, and new converter developments such as modular multilevel VSC converters. This lecture will also provide thought-provoking analysis on the key challenges in the power delivery of the future renewable dominated power grids\, and benefit the next generation and early career researcher s and engineers in their career planning and development.\n\nHost: School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering\, University College Dublin\n\nOrga niser: IEEE Power and Energy Society UK&I Chapter\n\nCo-organisers: IEEE P ES Student Branch Chapters at:\n\n- University of Birmingham\n- University of Manchester\n- University of Sheffield\n- University College Dublin\n- Imperial College London\n- University of Strathclyde\n\nCo-sponsored by: S chool of Electrical & Electronic Engineering\, University College Dublin\n \nSpeaker(s): Dr Ram Adapa\, \n\nRoom: Room 317\, Bldg: Engineering Buildi ng\, UCD Engineering & Materials Science Centre\, Stillorgan Rd\, Belfield \, Dublin\, Dublin\, Ireland\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/4 87844 LOCATION:Room: Room 317\, Bldg: Engineering Building\, UCD Engineering & Ma terials Science Centre\, Stillorgan Rd\, Belfield\, Dublin\, Dublin\, Irel and\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/487844 ORGANIZER:d.l.donaldson@bham.ac.uk SEQUENCE:38 SUMMARY:IEEE PES DLP (Hybrid): The Role of HVDC and Power Electronics in th e Future Smart Electric Grid\, 11am\, 20th June\, Dublin URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/487844 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><img src="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/v tools_ui/media/display/c45c0d2c-83e7-4323-8023-e0efc4a2ddbf" alt="" width= "850" height="430"></p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>IEEE PES Distinguished Lecturer Programme:&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Title: The Role of HV DC and Power Electronics in the Future Smart Electric Grid</strong></p>\n< p><strong>By Dr Rambabu Adapa\, PhD\, FIEEE\, P.E.\, Technical Executive\, HVDC &amp\; Power Electronics\, EPRI</strong></p>\n<p><strong>2 - 3 pm (B ST)\, 18th June 2025.</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Room 317\, Engineering Buil ding\, &nbsp\;UCD Engineering &amp\; Materials Science Centre\, University College Dublin\, Stillorgan Rd\, Belfield\, Dublin 4\, Ireland </strong>< /p>\n<p><strong>&amp\; Online via Teams (online meeting link will be sent to registrants before the event)</strong></p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p class="M soNormal" style="text-align: justify\;"><strong>Abstract:</strong></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify\;">Smart Grid is the most po pular buzz word in the electric utility industry now-a-days. Many utilitie s are undertaking smart grid projects around the world. Though the initial smart grid projects focus at distribution level but the trend is growing towards smart transmission level controllers as well. It is foreseen that many High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) and power electronics-based Flexib le AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) controllers will be installed in the T& amp\;D networks to realize the smart transmission and distribution network . According to a report from Pike Research\, one of the most important hig h-growth sectors within the utility market is HVDC transmission. According to Cleantech Market Intelligence Firm\, the cumulative spending for HVDC Systems between 2012 and 2020 is about US $110 Billion to US $ 120 Billion . Though most of the growth is in Asian countries like China and India\, i t is also anticipated that significant increase in HVDC applications will happen in Europe\, North America\, and other parts of the world due to ren ewable resource integration.</p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify\;">This presentation provides the state-of-the art in HVDC and FAC TS technologies and discusses the new applications of HVDC and FACTS\, AC line conversion to DC\, and new converter developments such as modular mul tilevel VSC converters. This lecture will also provide thought-provoking a nalysis on the key challenges in the power delivery of the future renewabl e dominated power grids\, and benefit the next generation and early career researchers and engineers in their career planning and development.</p>\n <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify\;">&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong >Host: School of Electrical &amp\; Electronic Engineering\, University Col lege Dublin&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Organiser: IEEE Power and Ener gy Society UK&amp\;I Chapter</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Co-organisers: IEEE PES Student Branch Chapters at:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>University of Birm ingham</li>\n<li>University of Manchester</li>\n<li>University of Sheffiel d</li>\n<li>University College Dublin</li>\n<li>Imperial College London</l i>\n<li>University of Strathclyde</li>\n</ul>\n<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp\ ;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR