Author: Electric Pole

The 241st Engineering Technology Forum: Energy Internet, organized by Chinese Academy of Engineering, was held in Shanghai on 17th November 2016

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang pointed out in the government work report that “the energy production and consumption revolution, is related to the development and the people”. Chinese Premier suggested to develop vigorously wind power, photovoltaic power, biomass energy in the contexts of energy consumption revolution. The concept of ‘energy internet’ and ‘Internet’, heralded the development

Chemistry Nobel Prize-winner, Professor Sir J Fraser Stoddart, University of Birmingham alumnus, celebrating ‘global science community’ in his guest lecture for the University of Birmingham

Professor Sir J Fraser Stoddart, University of Birmingham alumnus and winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, gave his guest lecture at the University  on the evening of Tuesday, Nov 1, 2016. Sir Fraser, who received a Nobel Prize earlier this month alongside his colleagues Jean-Pierre Sauvage and Bernard L. Feringa for their work

The 2nd International HVDC Conference held in Shanghai, China between 25–26 Oct 2016

The 2nd International HVDC Conference held in Shanghai, China between 25–26 Oct 2016 Worldwide Experts gathered to discuss the future developments of HVDC technologies. 第二届国际高压直流会议成功召开——专家学者齐聚沪上交流探讨直流输电发展前景 The Second International HVDC Conference was held successfully in Shanghai between 25th and 26th Oct 2016, which was organized by the Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering, the CIGRE China National

The winner of the College Research Paper of the Month award for July 2016 (伯明翰大学工程与物理学部2016年7月最佳论文奖)

The  paper “Elimination of Commutation Failures of LCC HVDC System with Controllable Capacitors” co-authored by Ying Xue, Prof Xiao-Ping Zhang and Ms Conghuan Yang has been chosen as the winner of the College ( College of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Birmingham ) Research Paper of the Month award for July 2016