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Armin Schnettler

Director, Institute for High Voltage Technology

(RWTH Aachen University)

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Armin Schnettler is director of the Institute for High Voltage Technology at the RWTH Aachen University. He was supervising technical expert for the renowned German grid studies DENA 1 and DENA 2 (Planning of the Grid Integration of Wind Energy in Germany Onshore and Offshore up to 2020). Prof. Schnettler is Managing Director of the Research Association for Electrical Systems and Power Economics (FGH e.V.), Mannheim, Germany, as well as Member of IEC Sector Board 1 (SB1), German CIGRE SC B3 (International Council on Large Electric Systems) and many more advisory boards.

Siegfried Heier

Director, Wind Power Engineering Department

(University of Kassel)

Prof. Dr. Siegfried Heier is head of the Wind Power Engineering Department of University Kassel. He initiated and headed many research projects and published around 100 articles in the field of wind power, among others about generator systems, control and grid integration of windenergy converters. He also published the German standard work “Windkraftanlagen” (B.G. Teubner) as well as “Grid Integration of Wind Energy Conversion Systems” (John Wiley) in English. Prof. Heier worked as a Technical Expert at the International Energy Agency (IEA) and in the European Commission. He is Assistant Chairman of the Committee of Germanischer Lloyd “Certification and periodical Inspection of Wind Energy Converters”.

Claus Neumann

Director, Operational Asset Management Department

(Amprion GmbH)

Claus Neumann has a degree in electrical engineering of the Technical University of Aachen. He joined the department for high-voltage equipment of RWE in Essen, Germany, which he later headed. He received his PhD in engineering from the Technical University of Darmstadt. In 2001, he became honorable professor at this university, where he lectures on high-voltage switchgear and substations. Since 2005, Neumann has been responsible for the Operational Asset Management at the German Transmission System Operator (TSO) Amprion, Dortmund. His main fields of activity are fundamental design and layout of high-voltage apparatus and asset management, including maintenance strategy, monitoring and diagnostics.

Markus Pöller

Managing Director

  (DIgSILENT GmbH)

Markus Pöller received Dipl.-Ing. degrees from the University of Stuttgart and Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications Paris. In 2000, he received the Dr.-Ing. degree from the University of Hannover. Since 1995 he works with DIgSILENT GmbH, where he is specializing on the algorithms and models of the power system analysis software DIgSILENT PowerFactory. Since 2007, he is managing director responsible for the fields of Consulting, Research and Development. His research interests include wind power systems, optimal power flow dispatch and probabilistic load flow analysis.

Guo Xiangrong
(郭象容)
Former Deputy Chief Engineer
(Northeast Power Grid Company)

Mr. Guo Xiangrong is an expert in the field of grid Integration of wind power in the stage of power system planning.
He will present on the considerations regarding the grid capability to accommodate wind power and on wind power transmission issues.

Bai Jianhua
(白建华)
Deputy Chief Economist
(State Grid Energy Research Institute, Nanjing)

Mr. Bai Jianhua is a strategic scientist with expertise in the fields of power system and wind power planning as well as smart grid technologies.

The topic of Mr. Bai Jianhua’s presentation will be “Large scale wind power development planning and smart grid”.

Mr. Li Qing
(李庆)
Director of Renewable Testing Lab
(China Electric Power Research Institute)

Mr. Li Qing is an expert in the field of Wind Power Testing and Grid Compliance testing of wind farms.

He will share his experiences with regard to LVRT testing results of wind turbine and Grid Compliance Testing standard in China.

Chi Yongning
(迟永宁)
Deputy Chief Engineer of Renewable Energy Department
(China Electric Power Research Institute)

Mr. Chi Yongning is an expert in the field of Power system stability and Wind power grid integration.

He will talk about the status of wind power grid code upgrading in China.

Representative
AMSC Superconductor

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