IET Northern Ireland Events
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In-Person
Moyle HVDC Interconnector Tour
Mutual Energy have invited us to tour their Moyle Interconnector facility. The HVDC Moyle Interconnector is the HVDC link between Auchencrosh, South Ayrshire in Scotland and Ballycronan More, County Antrim in Northern Ireland, which went into service in 2001. The HVDC Moyle has capacity of 500 MW and consists of two monopolar 250 kV DC cables with a transmission capacity of 250 MW each.
- Speaker:
- Mutual Energy
- Date/Time:
- Tuesday 8th April 2025 @ 6:00 PM
- Location:
- 95 Ballylumford Road Islandmagee, Moyle Interconnector Islandmagee, BT40 3RW
- Hosted By:
- IET Northern Ireland
Recommended events from around The IET
Online
Autonomous Sailing Boats
An online event, Anahita Laverack will talk about how these vehicles can endure multi-month missions, and how their compact size makes deployment straightforward: a ten-strong constellation of C-Stars can be launched from a small fishing vessel. These robots allow users to harness the power of mass-deployed ocean sensor networks to unlock breakthrough insights in climate and weather research, industry operations, and marine domain awareness.
- Speaker:
- Anahita Laverack
- Date/Time:
- Wednesday 23rd April 2025 @ 7:00 PM
- Venue:
- Online via Microsoft Teams
- Hosted By:
- IET Solent
- Details:
- https://events.theiet.org/events/autonomous-sailing-boats/
Online
Weather Resilience in Rail
An inside view on how the rail industry is preparing and delivering with respect to climate change
- Speaker:
- John Lawrence
- Date/Time:
- Tuesday 20th May 2025 @ 12:00 PM
- Venue:
- Online via Zoom
- Hosted By:
- Railway TN
In-Person
Aerospace Electrification: The Challenges and Solutions for Power Conversion
The presentation will outline some of the technical challenges related to designing power converters in aerospace applications. Solutions to these challenges will be described, detailing the trade-offs considered during the design phase
- Speaker:
- Vincent Walsh and Laurence Egan
- Date/Time:
- Tuesday 22nd April 2025 @ 6:30 PM
- Location:
- Pavilion/University, Pavilion University of Limerick, V94 F7XW
- Hosted By:
- IET Ireland
- Details:
- https://www.pavilion.ie
In-Person
The age of digitisation on the low voltage network
The IET Scotland Power Technical Network is delighted to announce a face-to-face event exploring the critical nature of the LV network, and how digitisation can unlock its potential. The need to monitor the Low Voltage network in its entirety, for optimum performance, is now a necessity for Distribution Networks Operators (DSO), and is key to unlocking its potential.
- Speaker:
- Gary McDonald and Ciaran Higgins
- Date/Time:
- Friday 2nd May 2025 @ 4:00 PM Local time (BST/CET/ UTC +1 hours)
- Location:
- Hilton DoubleTree, Glasgow
- Hosted By:
- Scotland Power Technical Network