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Round table 1a/5a
June 8, 09.00 hrs - 10.30 hrs
Title :
Distribution networks for large cities : new components and system development issues
Conveners :
Mikael Nordman, Netcontrol Oy, Finland & Fabrizio Pilo, University of Cagliari, Italy
Scope :
As the number and size of large cities is increasing very quickly in the world, innovative solutions have to be found for distribution networks in these cities because of the many challenges faced: rapid growth of demand, high power quality needs, limited space for cables and substations, high short circuit current levels, strong environmental constraints (noise, visual impact of the network,...), development of distributed generation in cities, e-mobility, ...
How system development experts and equipment manufacturers cope with all these challenges? What is the outlook for distribution networks?
Panelists :
John Millar, Aalto Unversity School of Electrical Engineering Finland
Jacques Merley, ERDF, France
Carsten Böse, Siemens, Germany
Xie Wei, Shanghai Municipal Electric Power Company, China
Roger Dugan, Epri, USA
