Seminar on Reliability and integration challenges in renewable energy systems
The seminar on Reliability and Integration Challenges in Renewable Energy Systems provides a forum for researchers, academics, scientists, and industry professionals from around the world to discuss the latest advancements in the fields of renewable energy and their applications in engineering. The event will feature keynote lectures and panel discussions.
Topics covered at this event include:
- Challenges of Renewable Energy Integration in Clean Energy Systems.
- Design for reliability in Power Electronic Systems.
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- Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Campus de Móstoles
- Madrid, Madrid
- Spain
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- Co-sponsored by Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Speakers
Teresa Riesgo of Secretaria General de Innovación. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Biography:
Dr. Teresa Riesgo holds a PhD in Electronic Engineering from the Technical University of Madrid, where she has been Full Professor of Electronics from 2003 to 2018. From 2018 to 2020 she was General Director of R&D&I of the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities and since 2020 she is the General Secretary of Innovation of the Spanish Government. While being at the University, she was an active researcher in industrial electronics, mainly in embedded systems design.
Frede Blaabjerg
Challenges of Renewable Energy Integration in Clean Energy Systems
In this lecture we will address the complex transition from fossil-based energy to renewables. This shift necessitates highly efficient power electronics technology for energy conversion, distribution, and end-user applications. Our discussion will focus on the role of advanced power electronics and control solutions in integrating renewable energies such as wind and photovoltaics into the grid, addressing issues of technology development, power converter technologies, system control, and synchronization. Additionally, we will explore future trends aimed at reducing energy costs and developing new power devices and tools to enhance system reliability, which are essential.
Biography:
He has received 49 IEEE Prize Paper Awards, the IEEE PELS Distinguished Service Award in 2009, the EPE-PEMC Council Award in 2010, the IEEE William E. Newell Power Electronics Award 2014, the Villum Kann Rasmussen Research Award 2014, the Global Energy Prize in 2019 and the 2020 IEEE Edison Medal. In 2023 he received the Hitachi Energy Award, in 2021 the EAWE Scientific Award and in 2020 the EPE Outstanding Achievement Award. He was the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER ELECTRONICS from 2006 to 2012. He has been Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Power Electronics Society from 2005 to 2007 and for the IEEE Industry Applications Society from 2010 to 2011 as well as 2017 to 2018. In 2019-2020 he served as a President of IEEE Power Electronics Society. He has been Vice-President of the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences. From 2020 he has been a Member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters. Since 2020 he has been the chairman of the Danish Council for Research and Innovation Policy.
He has been nominated in 2014-2021 by Thomson Reuters to be between the most 250 cited researchers in Engineering in the world.
Frede Blaabjerg
Design for reliability in Power Electronic Systems
In recent years, the automotive and aerospace industries have brought stringent reliability constraints on power electronic converters because of safety requirements. Today customers of power electronic products expect up to 20 years of lifetime and they also want to have a “failure free period” - all with focus on the financials. The renewable energy sectors are following the same trend, and more and more efforts are being devoted to improving power electronic converters to account for reliability with cost-effective and sustainable solutions. This presentation will introduce the recent progress in the reliability aspects of power electronic converters for power electronic applications with special focus on renewables. It will cover contents like: the motivations for highly reliable electric energy conversion in renewable energy systems; the reliability requirements of typical renewable energy systems and its implication on the power electronic converters; failure mechanisms and lifetime models of key power electronic components (e.g., power semiconductor switches, capacitors, and fans); long-term mission profiles; reliability analysis methods and improvement strategies of power electronic converters for renewable energy systems. A few case studies on will also be given.
Biography:
He has received 49 IEEE Prize Paper Awards, the IEEE PELS Distinguished Service Award in 2009, the EPE-PEMC Council Award in 2010, the IEEE William E. Newell Power Electronics Award 2014, the Villum Kann Rasmussen Research Award 2014, the Global Energy Prize in 2019 and the 2020 IEEE Edison Medal. In 2023 he received the Hitachi Energy Award, in 2021 the EAWE Scientific Award and in 2020 the EPE Outstanding Achievement Award. He was the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER ELECTRONICS from 2006 to 2012. He has been Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Power Electronics Society from 2005 to 2007 and for the IEEE Industry Applications Society from 2010 to 2011 as well as 2017 to 2018. In 2019-2020 he served as a President of IEEE Power Electronics Society. He has been Vice-President of the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences. From 2020 he has been a Member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters. Since 2020 he has been the chairman of the Danish Council for Research and Innovation Policy.
He has been nominated in 2014-2021 by Thomson Reuters to be between the most 250 cited researchers in Engineering in the world.