{"id":1861,"date":"2016-04-19T16:14:23","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T16:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/medow\/?page_id=1861"},"modified":"2016-04-19T16:29:58","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T16:29:58","slug":"spring-2016-leuven","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/medow\/training-and-events\/spring-2016-leuven\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring 2016 &#8211; Leuven"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A network training meeting took place 07 &#8211; 08 April 2016 Belgium, hosted by KU Leuven.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/medow\/files\/2016\/04\/FINAL-programme-for-MEDOW-members-07-08-April2016.pdf\">Programme<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With <a href=\"http:\/\/www.friendsofthesupergrid.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Friends of the Supergrid<\/a>, MEDOW hosted a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ieee-energycon2016.org\/hvdc-workshop\/\" target=\"_blank\">Special Session on Offshore and HVDC Grids<\/a> as part of the major international conference <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ieee-energycon2016.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">IEEE EnergyCon 2016<\/a>.\u00a0 Hosting this conference day as part of a wider conference enabled us to maximise our audience, present its context and work to researchers from outside the network, industry and the general public, and facilitate networking.<\/p>\n<h2>Special Session on Offshore and HVDC Grids<\/h2>\n<p><strong><u>09.00-10.30 Current state of offshore developments<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Moderator: Oriol Gomis-Bellmunt (UPC, Barcelona)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Connecting offshore wind farms: building platforms at sea -Bart Embrechts, Pascal Brunet (Fabricom \u2013 Engie)<\/li>\n<li>Experiences with OFTOs &#8211; Chris Veal (Transmission Investment LLP)<\/li>\n<li>Offshore connections to wind farms<\/li>\n<li>Services from offshore wind &#8211; Nicolaos Cutululis (DTU)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>10.30-11.00 Coffee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>11.00-13.00 HVDC Grid prospects in Europe<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Moderator: Norman MacLeod (PB &amp; FOSG)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>HVDC technology ready for grid implementation &#8211; Magnus Callavik (ABB)<\/li>\n<li>Need for standardization of HVDC grid technology and ongoing efforts (Cenelec WG working group on HVDC grids) &#8211; Frank Schettler (Siemens)<\/li>\n<li>HVDC grid code guidelines (Cigr\u00e9 B4-56) &#8211; Kamran Sharifabadi (Statoil)<\/li>\n<li>Challenges beyond technics: financing and regulation -Marta Navarrete (FOSG)<\/li>\n<li>Structure, financing and regulation of the North Sea Grid -Ronnie Belmans (KU Leuven)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>13.00\u201314.15 Lunch\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>14.15-15.45 MEDOW Session 1<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>15-14.30: Introduction, Dr Jun Liang- CU<\/li>\n<li>30-15.00: WP1 Kevin Sch\u00f6nleber &#8211; GE<\/li>\n<li>00-15.30: WP2\u00a0 Abel Ferreira &#8211; CINERGIA<\/li>\n<li>30-15.45: Discussion &#8211; Oriol Gomis-Bellmunt \u2013 UPC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>15.45-16.15 Coffee (and poster session)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>16.15-18.00: MEDOW Session 2<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>15-16.45: WP3 Ataollah Mokhberdoran &#8211; EFACEC<\/li>\n<li>45\u201317.15: WP4 Tibin\u00a0 Joseph &#8211; CU<\/li>\n<li>15\u201317.30: Discussion &#8211; Helder Leite \u2013 Univ. Porto<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>17.30\u201318.00: Networking (and poster session)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>18.00\u201319.00: Reception for all EnergyCon delegates (<\/strong><strong>and poster session<\/strong><strong>)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:84,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/medow\/training-and-events\/spring-2016-leuven\/&quot;}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1861 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt 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