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Power industry issues under the spotlight
Published by the Communications and Development Department
12 September 2003
The reliability of power systems and the quality of power will be major topics under discussion at an Australasian workshop and conference in Christchurch later this month organised by the University of Canterbury’s Electric Power Engineering Centre (EPEC).
The 2003 Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC2003, is being organised by EPEC through the Australasian Committee for Power Engineering (ACPE) and will be held at the University and other locations on 28 September-1 October.
The theme of the Conference is Distributed Generation: Possibilities and Opportunities for the Power Industry. Distributed generation involves a network of generators embedded in distribution level systems, sometimes coupled to the power grid via power electronic converters and transforming devices. There can be a range of solutions to control the quality of power delivered to consumers, through both individual operation and co-ordinated control.
Keynote speakers include Professor Johann Kolar, head of Electronic Systems at the Swiss Federal Institute of Power Technology, Switzerland, and Dr George Hooper, executive director of the Centre for Advanced Engineering at the University of Canterbury.
Austrian-born Professor Kolar has professional experience from the Technical University of Vienna in the Department of Applied Electronics, carrying out scientific research and supervision on research projects, as well as independent consulting on application-orientated research for international companies in the fields of industrial electronics and power electronics. He was a recent visitor to Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Canterbury.
Dr Hooper is a professional engineer with an extensive background encompassing both technical and commercial areas of the energy and natural resources sectors. He was Programme Manager for the Liquid Fuels Trust Board (LFTB), and was responsible for management of contractual investigations into transport fuel options for New Zealand from indigenous coal and natural gas resources.
He heads the Centre for Advanced Engineering (CAE) which was established in 1987 to encourage application of advanced engineering and technology within New Zealand. Recent CAE research covers topics ranging from energy efficiency, renewable energy technologies, electricity supply and demand projections for New Zealand, and distributed generation.
For more information on AUPEC 2003 contact:
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