Fault current from renewable technologies Renewable technologies such as wind and solar energy are becoming powerful tools in the fight against climate change. Over the last few decades, their cost has declined while their effectiveness has improved exponentially....
Optimal sizing of renewable generation plants In an age when renewable technologies enable power plants to be built at virtually any size, how do you calculate the optimum size based on a vast range of economic and other factors? This post is one of the articles...
The complexity of renewables, Part 1 Zia Emin In this series of short technical articles, we look at various topics that illustrate the complexity of renewables as a concept within the ongoing energy transition. This first article by PSC’s Zia Emin considers a...
Cables Summer School Raj Hirani The IEEE’s Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society (DEIS) organized their August 2022 Summer School on HVDC Transmission Cables and Accessories in Monmouth, Wales, UK. Twenty-five like-minded young researchers and engineers...
An interconnected future Dr. Luke Livermore The energy crisis engulfing Europe has placed HVDC interconnectors in the spotlight like never before. But what is the impact of such a high penetration of power electronics into the U.K.’s electricity network in such a...
The role of BESS in future power systems–Part 1 Djino Pirsic & Hesam Marzooghi The make-up and operation of power systems (whether at a grid level or for smaller islanded systems) is becoming more complex with the increasing penetration of diverse intermittent...
