Pablo Frack und Nils Soltau visit the Power Electronics for Distributed Generation PEDG 2014 Conference in Galway present their papers "Control-Strategy Design for Frequency Control in Autonomous Smart Microgrids" and "Development and Demonstration of a Medium-Voltage High-Power DC-DC Converter for DC Distribution Systems".

Pablo Zumeta presents his thesis „Design and Implementation of a FPGA-Based Control for a DAB Converter System” at E.ON ERC. The PCB developed within this thesis generates the gate signals for a laboratory set-up consisting of a small-scale dual-active bridge (DAB) converter system.

The report on the research project “High-Power DC-DC Converter” has been published in the E.ON ERC Series under ISSN: 1868-7415 Volume 5, Issue 5.

Prof. De Doncker visits the International Power Electronics Conference -ECCE Asia- in Hiroshima presenting the paper “Power Electronic Technologies for Flexible DC Distribution Grids”.

Prof. De Doncker gives a presentation titled “Power Electronics – the key enabling technology for future electrical grids” at the INTELEC95 Telecommunications Energy Symposium 2014 in Zaltbommel.

Prof. Sauer gives a presentation titled “Lithium-ion vs. lead-acid batteries and double use of UPS systems” at the INTELEC95 Telecommunications Energy Symposium 2014 in Hamburg.

The PGS is now equipped with a new test bench for power electronic converters and high-speed drives in the megawatt range.

M.Sc. Zian Qin from Aalborg University, Denmark, joins the institute for three months as a visiting scientist.

ISEA and PGS jointly organize the IEEE German Chapter Meeting at E.ON ERC in Aachen. This time, the chapter meeting raises the topic "Leistungselektronik als Wegbreiter der Energiewende". Besides presentations on different research topics, the participants have an opportunity to visit the laboratories and infrastructures of ISEA and PGS. 

Prof. De Doncker gives a presentation titled “Power Electronics and HT Superconductors Key Enabling Technologies for Flexible Electrical Grids for the “Energiewende” " at the “ZIEHL IV Zukunft und Innovation der  Energietechnik mit Hochtemperatur-Supraleitern” conference in Bonn.

PGS/ISEA holds a public workshop within the BMU funded project “Speicher- und Netzausbaubedarf bei Betrachtung des gesamten Europäischen Raums mit hohem Anteil Erneuerbarer Energien” to present the open source simulation platform “GENESYS” for simulation and optimization of the distribution and allocation of generators and storage systems in the European electricity network for scenarios with high penetration of renewable generation. The workshop offered a platform to discuss the approaches and results with experts and stakeholders.

Prof. Sauer gives a Keynote presentation titled „Electrical Storage Technologies for a Smart Grid with high Penetration of Renewables“ and a special session presentation titled “Electrical energy storage systems – Detailed cost calculation for stationary battery storage systems“ at the IRENEC 2014 in Istanbul.