The Smart Grid Innovation Contest consists of two phases: during the first phase, ideas are generated and developed in a collaborative community. In the second phase, universities are invited to submit research proposals to further elaborate and develop ideas. Idea contest (for everyone) from April 13 to May 31 2011. Call for proposals (for universities) from October 4 to November 30 2011. Siemens will award 15,000 Euro and a workshop trip to Berlin

On 10 December 2010, the European Commission’s DG Energy held an Information Day on Electricity Storage to announce a new Framework Programme 7 research call for 2011 on “Smart Energy Networks”. The topic of storage being critically interlinked with the wider vision on how to balance variable electricity supply, various Commission officials and stakeholders presented their views on how energy storage research fits within the wider energy policy

Conference Website: http://amps2011.ieee-ims.org

Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering invites applications for: TENURE TRACK OR TENURED POSITION IN ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS which can be filled on any level from assistant professor to tenured professor The above mentioned position is located in the Department of Electrical Engineering, see http://sahkotekniikka.tkk.fi/en/. The present call for applications covers the design, protection and operation of electricity transmission

Synchronized measurements became recently an affordable tool ready to be implemented not only at transmission system level but also at distribution level, mostly in conjunction with the applicability of the smart grid approach. As a preliminary step of introducing PMUs on a larger scale, extensive measurements campaigns, primarily dedicated to power quality purposes, were conducted within medium and low voltage grid in Romania. The extremely high

The advent of advances in power system instrumentation has made possible a range of time synchronized measurements of voltages and currents in full phasor form. These synchronized measurements can be used for direct digital control of the system including voltage control, restoration of service after an outage, stability assessment and subsequent enhancement, and system operation in such a way as to improve expected reliability. This paper contains

One solution for increasing the use of renewables is to find new strategies to promote the connection of distributed energy resources (DERs) within the existing power system. A solution that allows a flexible integration of dispersed generation (DG) into energy networks is the use of dc at the user layer. This seems a reasonable choice since several renewable sources and the presently available storage systems deliver electricity in dc form (e.g.,

The Newton International Fellowship scheme will select the very best early stage post-doctoral researchers from all over the world, and offer support for two years at UK research institutions. On completion of their Fellowship, Newton Fellows who remain engaged in research may receive L6,000 per year for ten years to support activities that maintain links with the UK. http://www.newtonfellowships.org/

SwissCore is currently looking for a European Advisor to inform on European research, innovation and education policies and programmes. The candidate should have good communication and interpersonal skills. Fluency in English, German and French is required. more info at: http://www.swisscore.org/e/newsletter/newsarchive/pages/default.aspx?NEWSID=1410&WEBID=07794419-B598-488E-AC2D-84F3655EFA9F

Burse doctorale de 3 ani la universitati de prestigiu din Statele Unite, incepind cu 2011. Detalii: office@fulbright.ro