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2016 Global Chinese Power and Energy Engineers Conference and Energy Internet Equipment Technology Summit held in Beijing


On 11th Oct, “2016 Global Chinese Power and Energy Engineers Conference and Energy Internet Technology Summit” was held in Beijing. More than 300 Chinese experts and scholars from Europe and the United States, Asia-Pacific, Africa and other countries and regions attended the conference, including experts and scholars from the domestic electric and energy industry, high-end

The University of Birmingham is among the Top 15 Universities in the UK


Times Higher Education has just announced their latest ‘Table of Tables’ 2017 for UK university ranking. University of Birmingham is ranked at 14 amongst all the listed universities. The full list of THE ‘Table of Tables’ can be seen below: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/table-tables-2017-loughborough-catching-elite

Former University of Birmingham professor awarded 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry


A University of Birmingham alumnus has today been awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry – the third former Birmingham scientist represented in this year’s Nobel Laureate list. Professor Sir J. Fraser Stoddart received the award for work done in the 1990s, when he was Head of theSchool of Chemistry at the University of Birmingham.

Two former Birmingham scientists awarded Nobel Prize for Physics


Two former University of Birmingham academics, Professor David Thouless and Professor Mike Kosterlitz, have been recognised by the award of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work into the discoveries of the properties of matter. The award, announced by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm today (Tuesday), is given for decades

FT Digital Energy Summit panel session: Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)


Prof Xiao-Ping Zhang, Director of Smart Grid of Birmingham Energy Institute was invited to chair the “Panel session: Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) – How are energy CIOs and CDOs delivering a digital strategy?” in 2016 FT Digital Energy Summit held in London on 13th Sept 2016. The FT Digital Energy Summit -Tracking the Impact

IEEE PES Distinguished Lecture: “Global Power & Energy Internet Dialogue Industry 4.0”


Prof Xiao-Ping Zhang, Director of Smart Grid of Birmingham Energy Institute was invited to give the IEEE PES Distinguished Lecture: “Global Power & Energy Internet Dialogue Industry 4.0” on 30th August 2016. Professor M.C. Wong of the IEEE Macau Chapter presented a plaque to Professor X.-P. Zhang Professor X.-P. Zhang with the IEEE Macau Chapter

United Nations’ Workshop on Energy Connectivity and Transboundary Trade


Prof Xiao-Ping Zhang, Director of Smart Grid of Birmingham Energy Institute was invited to participate in the United Nations’ Workshop on Energy Connectivity and Transboundary Trade – Concept, Barriers and Opportunities” held in Suzhou, China on 8th Nov 2015. In the workshop, on the afternoon of 8th Nov 2015, Ms. Irene Giner-Reichl, Austrian Ambassador to

Global Power & Energy Internet at Tsinghua University, 13th July 2015


Prof Xiao-Ping Zhang, Director of Smart Grid of Birmingham Energy Institute was invited to give a seminar on Global Power & Energy Internet at Tsinghua University, 13th July 2015. From Left to Right: Prof Zecun Hu, Prof Chong-Qing Kang (Deputy Head of Department of EE at Tsinghua University), Prof Xiao-Ping Zhang (Director of Smart Grid

Invited Seminar at Smart Grid Research Institute of State Grid Corporation of China on 28 April 2015


On the morning of 28th April, Professor Xiao-Ping Zhang, Director of Smart Grid of Birmingham Energy Institute, and Professor Tim Green, Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering School in Imperial College London, were invited by the Institute (Smart Grid Research Institute of State Grid Corporation of China) for a seminar. CAO Junzheng (Chief Engineer of