CHAIR ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS

AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

At the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, one of the most modern control rooms for monitoring and controlling the entire European energy network was put into operation. The control center, which is equipped with a 5 x 1.5 meter projection screen, was set up in a laboratory of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology and enables a precise replication of the real European energy network. It can detect and localize faults and accidents within seconds, as well as control demands and different feed-in of regenerative energies.

On 13 and 14 December, the VDI conference on "Sector coupling in the area of ​​industry, networks and neighborhoods" took place in Frankfurt am Main. In a small group, current and past research projects and applications were presented and discussed.

Just one week after the world climate conference COP23, the Congress of the Technology Association VDE (ETG Congress) took place in Bonn. From 28th to 29th of November 2017, over 300 experts from research and application discussed blueprints and concrete application cases for the success of the "Energiewende" under the title "Die Energiewende - Blueprint for the New Energy Age". The focus was on the question of the best instructions for a successful change of the energysystem.

Am Donnerstag fand eine Exkursion der Hochschulgruppe des VDE Magdeburg nach Berlin statt, an der neben Studenten der OvGU und der Hochschule Magdeburg auch Mitarbeiter des LENA teilnahmen.

At 21th and 22th September researchers of renewable energy, smart grid and electrical power networks came together at the NEIS-conference in Hamburg. In addition to the german researchers, many international experts and students shared their research activities at the Helmut-Schmidt-University of Federal Armed Forces Hamburg. The conference was organized by the Chair of Electrical Power Systems. Beneath very interesting presentations and talks, a field trip to the substation Jenfeld and an Energy-slam in evening completed the schedule.