Annual Report 2009 - webfiles its vmware

• A PhD student course was held in collaboration with KTH on PowerElectronics for Transmission System Applications, with course leader atChalmers, Massimo Bongiorno, in May 2009.• Lina Bertling was keynote speaker at the Vattenfall 100-year anniversaryconference, June 2009.• A PhD course was held on Wind Energy, modelling, control and gridintegration, at Alcala University, by Torbjörn Thiringer, Madrid, June 1-5 2009.• A research program was formulated and launched as part of the collaborationbetween E.ON and Chalmers and the program on Future Energy Systems2009-2012 involving 10 MSEK. The Division is running one project on futureelectric power system – Smart Grid with Lina Bertling as project leader andfunding of 1 MSEK/yr.• Funding was granted from the Swedish Government within the new strategicfunds for research. In total 230 MSEK was approved for the period 2010-2014.Lina Bertling was the project leader for the research proposal with the theme“Large scale renewable and integration to the grid”, and the Division alsoparticipated in the theme “Plug-in and electrical vehicles”, June 2009.• Torbjörn Thiringer was appointed Professor in Applied Power Electronics inJuly 2009.• Division social gathering with wind power and in practice (sailing), August 28,2009.• The Division hosted an inaugural member meeting with the renewed IEEEChapter on Power Systems/Power Electronic September 2009. Lina Bertlingwas appointed chair of the chapter.• An application for a new wind power technology centre was approved by theSwedish Energy Agency (Energimyndigheten) with a funding of 60 MSEKduring 4 years. Ola Carlson was the project leader during the applicationprocess and was appointed as project leader to put the centre into operation inNovember 2009.• Lina Bertling was appointed as a member of the scientific board of theSwedish Civil Contingencies Agency (Myndigheten för samhälle ochberedskap), November 2009.• A number of research projects were granted within Vindforsk III and one withinElektra, all for three years, and one EU project on grid for vehicles (G4V).7 |