IEEE Power Electronics Magazine - June 2019 - 88

by Xiongfei Wang

IEEE PES/IAS/PELS Joint
Aalborg University Student Chapter
Helps Hold a Workshop

he IEEE workshop "Representations of Power Electronics for Grid Dynamic
Studies" was successfully held in
the Department of Energy Technology at Aalborg University, Denmark,
on 5 December 2018. It was sponsored by the IEEE Power Electroni c s S o c i e t y ( P E L S ) Te c h n i c a l
Committee on Power and Control
Core Technologies and chaired/
organized by Prof. Xiongfei Wang of
Aalborg University and Dr. Łukasz
Kocewiak from Orsted, Denmark.
Power electronics converters
have been widely used with renewable power generation and energyefficient power transmission, distribution, and consumption. As the
electricity-generation costs of renewable energy resources continue
to decrease, modern power systems
will feature a high concentration
of power-electronic-based renewable resources. The full controllabi lity of power converters enables the
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mo d er n iz ation of
(Orsted), Simensthe electric power
Gamesa, ABB, DNV
It concluded with a
grid with more flexiGL , sof t wa re de very fruitful panel
bility. However, it also
velo p e r s ( P L E C S
discussion of the
poses new challengand Typhoon), and
es to the dynamic opva r iou s u n iver sichallenges relating to
erations of power systies (Aalborg Unithe dynamics and
tems. The workshop's
ver s it y ; Ta mp er e
control of the future
purpose was to bring
University, Finland;
100% converter-based
the power electronand Norwegian Unipower systems.
ics and power system
versity of Science
engineers together,
a nd Te c h nolog y,
to share their recent
Trondheim). It conresearch and industry practices on
cluded with a very fruitful panel
the modeling and dynamic studies of
discussion of the challenges relating
electronic-based power systems.
to the dynamics and control of the
More tha n 160 people par ticifuture 100% converter-based power
pated in this one-day event, a nd
systems. All of the technical presenmore than one-third of them came
tations and the workshop program
are available in the IEEE PELS Refrom industry. The workshop opensource Center.
ed with a speech given by the curThe workshop clearly identified a
rent PELS president, Prof. Frede
strong interest in bridging the knowlBl a a bjer g of Aalborg University,
edge gap between power systems and
and then 12 high-level technic a l
power electronic engineers. Compre s ent a tions were delivered by
putationally efficient and dynamic
inv ited speakers (Figure 1) from
study tools for the wide-timescale
transmission system operators (Enelectromagnetic interactions of power g i net , Ten neT, a nd State Gr id
er converters are urgently needed.
China), an offshore wind farm owner

FIG 1 The invited speakers. (Source: Xiongfei Wang, Aalborg University; used with permission.)

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