IET Humber Events
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In-Person
Viking Link Visit
The Viking Link is the world's longest land and subsea electricity interconnector, a 1.4 GW cable connecting the UK (Lincolnshire) and Denmark (southern Jutland) to share clean energy, improving security and potentially lowering costs for up to 2.5 million homes by linking to Denmark's renewable sources. This visit will give an overview of the overview of the construction, operation and maintenance of the facility.
- Speaker:
- Ryan Bradey
- Date/Time:
- Friday 19th June 2026 @ 9:30 AM
- Location:
- Viking Link Converter Station, Donington Spalding
- Hosted By:
- IET Humber
Recommended events from around The IET
Online
How to use Corporate Venturing (an alternative to venture capital, offering faster routes to market)
This one-hour webinar will introduce the concept of corporate venturing and explore how it can offer faster, more strategic routes to market for startups, scale-ups and established organisations alike.
- Speaker:
- Maija Palmer
- Date/Time:
- Wednesday 17th June 2026 @ 12:00 PM Local time (BST/CET/ UTC +1 hours)
- Venue:
- Online via Zoom
- Hosted By:
- Innovation Management TN
Online
HVDC Electricity Transmission: a key enabler for Energy Security and Decarbonisation (Online Webinar)
This technical talk will explore High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) technology as used in Converter Stations and many submarine cable systems. Focus topics will include evolution of the converter technology, typical use cases, how it works and an overview of submarine cables.
- Speaker:
- Nathan Farrell-Jones CEng MIET- National Grid
- Date/Time:
- Wednesday 17th June 2026 @ 7:00 PM Local time (BST/CET/ UTC +1 hours)
- Venue:
- Online via Microsoft Teams
- Hosted By:
- IET Anglian Coastal
In-Person
Direct Current Protection for the Marine Electrification
Decarbonisation of the maritime sector is driving a transition from conventional AC power systems to DC electrification, enabled by advances in efficiency, controllability, and integration of low-carbon technologies. We have completed a research project demonstrating the technical viability of hybrid energy storage systems combining batteries, supercapacitors, and superconducting magnetic energy storage to balance energy and power demands in shipboard microgrids. Building on this work, ongoing research focuses on power architectures based on primary and secondary DC grids for large vessels. This has improved understanding of DC fault conditions and short-circuit behaviour in shipboard microgrids, informing the performance and protection requirements of DC solid-state circuit breakers. A dedicated experimental test rig has also been developed to characterise DC SSCB performance.
- Speaker:
- Dr. Mohammad Meraj
- Date/Time:
- Tuesday 14th July 2026 @ 6:30 PM Local time (BST/CET/ UTC +1 hours)
- Location:
- Lord Nelson Building William Bagnall Drive, Stafford, ST16 1WS
- Hosted By:
- IET North West Midlands
In-Person
IET London Network Member Engagement Social Evening
We are delighted to invite you to a special IET London Network Engagement Evening at Savoy Place on 30th June 2026. This informal and engaging evening is designed to bring together engineers and technologists from across London - whether you are an existing member, a newly elected Fellow, or simply interested in getting more involved with the IET.
- Speaker:
- Xenophon Christodoulou
- Date/Time:
- Tuesday 30th June 2026 @ 6:00 PM Local time (BST/CET/ UTC +1 hours)
- Location:
- Savoy Place, London, WC2R 0BL
- Hosted By:
- IET London