The POWERCON brand was co-initiated by CSEE (Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering) and IEEE PES (IEEE Power & Energy Society). This biennial conference started in 1998 in Beijing, China. The subsequent venues were Perth, Australia, in 2000; Kunming, China, in 2002; Singapore in 2004; Chongqing, China in 2006; New Delhi, India in 2008; Hangzhou, China in 2010; Auckland, New Zealand in 2012; Chengdu, China in 2014; and Wollongong, Australia in 2016. POWERCON2018 will be held in Guangzhou, China on 246-268 OctoberNovember, 2018.
POWERCON2018, the 11th in the series, will mainly provide a large forum for the practicing engineers, scholars, researchers and graduate students to meet together to discuss various issues and share the latest developments in electric power engineering and power system technology. The conference will focus on smart grid, UHV transmission, wide area interconnections, distributed generation, renewable energy generation and its integration into power systems, energy storage, energy saving and emission reduction.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following subjects of power system technologies.
Main Topics
1. Energy Transition and Future Power System
- Power system planning and operation in energy transition
- Power system simulation and modeling in energy transition
- Power system protection and control in energy transition
- Strategies for modern power system stability in energy transition
- Power system reliability in energy transition
- Structural change in future power systems
2. Electricity Market and Power System Economics
- Theory of electricity pricing
- Electricity market models and implementation
- Designing trading mechanism in electricity markets
- Electricity market mechanism promoting renewable energy integration
- Ancillary services markets for power transmission and distribution
- Market mechanism in integrated energy systems with electricity, heating and gas
- Demand response
3. Smart Grid and Renewable Energy Integration
- Implementation plan and standards for smart grid
- Development, utilization, and integration of renewable energy
- Advanced metering infrastructure and home area networks
- Intelligent energy and energy internet
- Smart dispatching, security analysis and supervisory control
- Microgrid, energy storage and distributed energy resources
- Charging and discharging of electric vehicles
4. DC Transmission and Distribution and Power Systems with Power Electronics
- UHVAC and UHVDC power transmission
- VSC based HVDC
- New development of FACTS
- Flexible DC distribution networks and microgrids
- Analysis of power systems with power electronics
- Power system protection and control with power electronics
5. Cyber-Physical Power Systems
- Modeling and simulation of cyber-physical power systems
- Combine ICT with electric power grid
- Information security in power system
- Cyber security and structuring communication systems
- Power system analysis for energy complement
- Distribution network and Internet of Things
- Application of WAMS technology
6. Advanced Transmission and Distribution Equipment and Technology
- Eco-friendly transmission and distribution system
- Advanced technology of power distribution
- Insulation monitoring in power system
- Electromagnetic field and high voltage technology
- Condition monitoring and fault diagnosis
- Intelligent O&M of devices and asset management
- Disaster prevention, protection and control
7. Emerging Technology
- Artificial intelligent technology in power system
- Application of big data technology in power system
- Large-capacity and highly efficient energy storage
- Energy conversion with high efficiency
- Application of block chain technology in energy internet
- Smart energy saving and emission reduction
- Application of new materials and superconductivity
8. Sustainable Nuclear Power in Harmony with Power Grid
- Safety of nuclear power
- Modeling and simulation of nuclear power system
- Intelligent operation and maintenance
- Fault diagnosis and risk monitoring and control
- Verification and confirmation of system design
- Physical protection and cyber security
