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In-Person
Cable failure investigations in the power industry
Cables are an increasing vital part of the electricity supply industry from HVDC interconnects between the UK and Europe, to the export and inter-array cables of offshore wind farms. This talk will consider why cable owners carry out failure investigations and how the conclusions can be used to improve asset management.
- Speaker:
- Simon Sutton
- Date/Time:
- Tuesday 15th April 2025 @ 6:30 PM Local time (BST/CET/ UTC +1 hours)
- Location:
- Fulton Building University of Sussex, Falmer Brighton BN1 9QT
- Hosted By:
- IET Sussex
In-Person
UK Power Networks DSO: 2 years on
UK Power Networks DSO (Distribution System Operator) was established in 2023 with responsibility for ensuring that sufficient and timely network capacity is available at lowest cost to UK Power Networks customers, using customer flexibility, data and digital technologies. This talk will explain how UK Power Networks DSO is fulfilling the roles defined by the Regulator, Ofgem, and the progress made two years since its inception.
- Speaker:
- Zivanayi Musanhi
- Date/Time:
- Tuesday 6th May 2025 @ 6:30 PM Local time (BST/CET/ UTC +1 hours)
- Location:
- Longely 2 building at Crawley College College Road, Crawley West Sussex, RH10 1NR
- Hosted By:
- IET Sussex
In-Person
Hydrogen technologies: from production to applications in hard-to-electrify sectors
Hydrogen is a zero-carbon fuel that has promise to change our energy landscape and eliminate our dependence on fossil fuels. In this talk, I will give an overview of the hydrogen rainbow and the related various hydrogen production routes, then focus on production of green hydrogen through electricity of water with renewable electricity input.
- Speaker:
- Professor Qiong Cai
- Date/Time:
- Tuesday 20th May 2025 @ 6:30 PM
- Location:
- Fulton Building University of Sussex, Falmer Brighton BN1 9QT
- Hosted By:
- IET Sussex
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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
Net Zero Vs The Data Centres
How the rise in demand for data and computing effects our aspirations for a Net Zero energy system. Now with the meteoric introduction of AI applications, Data Centres are outgrowing their humble beginnings. Massive scale up is underway to support ever more powerful AI, requiring vast Data Centre campuses, large enough to justify their own nuclear reactors. Where does all this leave our plans for Net Zero?
- Speaker:
- Bob Hicks
- Date/Time:
- Wednesday 9th April 2025 @ 6:00 PM
- Location:
- IET Savoy Place/Faraday Centre, London, WC2R 0BL
- Hosted By:
- IET London
In-Person
Engineering Circular Solutions: The Waste2Energy AD System for Biodegradable Waste Treatment and Energy Recovery
This talk will provide real world examples of Waste2Energy Anaerobic Digestion System applications that eliminate biodegradable waste from landfills and pave the way to achieving net-zero.
- Speaker:
- Mani Vannan
- Date/Time:
- Tuesday 15th April 2025 @ 7:00 PM
- Location:
- Novotel London West 1 Shortlands Hammersmith, London, W6 8DR
- Hosted By:
- IET London