Vision and Mission for the Future
Microgrids
and
Smartgrids
- A seminar jointly organized by School of
EEE, NTU and IEEE Power & Energy Society, Singapore Chapter -
Date: 11 January 2011 (Tue)
Time: 3:00 pm
Venue: Executive Seminar Room
(S2.2-B2-53), School of EEE, NTU*
** Light refreshments will be
served at the end of seminar **
Abstract
The South African
Energy utility system is quite different and is still running under huge
monopoly. How it is deterrent to the implementation of future energy network
for augmenting both network capacity as well as clean and green energy
generation will be highlighted. This seminar will cover the concepts and
issues of microgrids and smartgrids. The South African Scenario of
Microgrids, Smartgrids and its way forward will be presented. Some excerpts
of the IET (UK) book “Microgrids and Active Distribution Networks” by
Chowdhury, Chowdhury and Crossley would be discussed.
About the Speaker
Dr. S.P.
Chowdhury received his BEE, MEE and PhD in 1987, 1989 and 1992 respectively.
In 1993, he joined E.E. Department of Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India as
Lecturer and served till 2008 in the capacity of Professor. He is currently
Associate Professor in Electrical Engineering Department in the University
of Cape Town, South Africa. He became IEEE Member in 2003. He visited Brunel
University, UK and The University of Manchester, UK several times on
collaborative research programs. He has published two books and over 150
papers mainly in power systems and renewable energy. He is a fellow of the
IET (UK) with C.Eng. IE (I) and the IETE (I), a member of IEEE (USA) and a
member of Knowledge Management Board of the IET (UK).
