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By Dr Arshad Mansoor, CEO, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) The electric power system is the tip of the spear for reducing greenhouse gas emissions across economic sectors. Clean power is fueling the decarbonization of transportation, buildings and industry as power companies move rapidly toward reaching net-zero carbon emissions by ...
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The Paris Session will return to its traditional in-person format in 2022. Highlights include an array of events, networking opportunities, a vast technical programme, and a full trade exhibition. See the programme summary at session.cigre.orgSESSION PROGRAMME We are committed to an in-person eventLatest research tells us our CIGRE community wants ...
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D2 Africa Task Force Article In 2017, Cigre signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with World Bank with one of the key objectives being the dissemination of CIGRE’s state-of-the-art power system know-how in Africa. In response to this initiative, the study committee D2 formed a task force with the following ...
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Eskom’s Dr Rob Stephen has been elected president of the eminent international organization CIGRE at its biennial congress this week in Paris. CIGRE is the Council on Large Electric Systems, a non-profit organisation founded in 1921 to advance collaboration amongst owners and operators of electric systems around the world. It ...
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No matter what language you say it in, expertise is crucial. The first port of call for power network know-how is CIGRE. The global technical forum for large electric systems, CIGRE counts more than 12000 equivalent members in over 90 countries. This membership is composed of researchers, academics, engineers, technicians, suppliers, ...
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