Emerging areas of technology, industrial application and factory automation are growing towards distributed concepts. Distributed processes, plants, and control needs for new energy concepts more sustainable, efficient, and reliable. Distributed generation (DG) of energy systems, allowing the integration of renewable and non conventional energy resources, is becoming part of the strategic plans of most countries to address current challenges associated to energy management. In this context a new scenario has appeared in which small energy sources configure new kind of energy systems including small power generators and energy storage devices.

The Energy Day main subject is «Distributed Generation - Towards a new Energy Paradigm».

Final Program

Energy Day «Distributed Generation - Towards a new Energy Paradigm»
Site: TIRME premises
Time	Title / Author
09:00	Opening Juan Jaume, TIRME President James Hung, Industrial Electronics Society, IEEE, USA Catalina Julve, Councillor of Environment, Consell de Mallorca
09:15	Frede Blaabjerg, Aalborg University, Denmark «Power Electronics for Renewable Energy»
9:40	Toshko Zhelev, University of Limerick, Ireland «Distributed Generation and Microreactors»
10:05	Kas Hemmes, TU Delft, Holand «Integrated Energy Systems»
10:30	Coffee break
10:45	Samir Jemeï, University of Franche-Comté, France «New trends in fuel cell systems»
11:10	María Paz Comech, Fundación CIRCE, Spain «Design and implementation of a voltage dip ride through test system for wind turbines»
11:35	Éric Monmasson, University Cergy-Pontoise France «Digital Control of Power Electronics»
12:00	Giovanni Spagnuolo, University of Salerno, Italy «Maximizing the power production of a photovoltaic generator: power electronics and control strategies»
12:25	Josep M. Guerrero, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain «Microgrids: Integration of Distributed Energy Resources into the Smart-Grid»
12:50	Lunch break
13:50	Ramón Granadino, REE , Spain «Integrating renewable energy into transmission grids: the challenge of managing it with CECRE»
14:20	Juan Frau, GESA-ENDESA, Spain «Challenges, Impacts and Opportunities from Distributed Generation»
14:50	Panel discussion on «Distributed Energy Generation: trends and challenges» moderated by Josep M. Guerrero, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain
16:15 18:00	Visit to Waste-to-Energy Plant

Note: This visit to Waste-to-Energy Plant is completely different to the visit prepared for September 23rd.

Venue and Date

Energy Day will be held at TIRME premises, in Son Reus Carretera de Soller Km 8.2, Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

The Energy Day will be held on September 22nd 2009.

Transportation

There will be a shuttle bus from Palma de Mallorca to TIRME, leaving Palma de Mallorca city center at 8.30h, and returning to the city when the Energy Day finishes (18.00h).

Organizers

The event is organized by the Technical University of Catalonia, UPC; the University of Balearic Islands UIB, and the Industrial Electronics Society (IES) from the IEEE.

Energy Day is part of the 14th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA’09, that will take place from 23rd to 26th September at the UIB, Mallorca.

Registration fee

Registration fee includes free entrance to all Energy Day activities, materials, coffee-break, lunch, visit to the plant and shuttle bus.

To register, please visit the registration page

Energy Day Sponsors

The Energy Day is sponsored by Red Eléctrica de España (REE), GESA-ENDESA and TIRME.