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Digital ELECTRA enters testing phase!

5 mai 2020

Even the recent crisis has not held up our new Digital ELECTRA by more than a week or two! We are currently testing the system and we are pleased to advise the new digital offering will be available for the June edition of ELECTRA.Read More

Centennial Session and e-session announced

17 avril 2020
CIGRE announces a reorganisation of its 2020 signature Paris event into a digital e-session in 2020. Our planned in person August 2020 event offering 'the leading global event for sharing power system expertise' is now scheduled for August 2021 as a special Centennial Session, with similar format as previous Sessions (e.g., plenaries, tutorials, poster sessions, technical exhibition). Read More

Global energy transformation: China's practice and vision

10 mars 2020
The global energy market is now in an era of great changes. Promoting the global energy transformation and developing sustainable power and energy is the only way to achieve the sustainable development of mankind. In 2014, Chinese President Xi Jinping put forward a new energy security strategy for the benefit of China with global implications, charting the course for a future of clean, low-carbon, safe and efficient energy system. China’s power and energy industry is vigorously implementing this strategy. Read More

Grid 2050 reality check update

10 mars 2020

The 2019 Annual Energy Outlook (AEO on EIA.gov) for the United States suggests in its reference case Grid 2050 electricity demand will be served largely by wind, solar, and natural gas. This article is an update to my September 2014 “Straight Talk” Column in T&D World on the subject.Read More