by Natalia Rodríguez Domínguez
MixGenera International Conference took place today, from 8:15 to 17:45, in Madrid, Spain. It brought together researchers, engineers and practitioners to analyse the future of electricity supply and other alternative energy sources.
The Conference was sponsored by IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES), CIGRÉ (International Council on Large Electric Systems), Red Eléctrica de España and Carlos III University. It presented papers with new research results on the new electricity supply equipments and methods which will converge in 2020 and 2030.
Some of the topics discussed today have been the following: Introduction and control of renewable generations; perspectives for the nuclear generation, utilisation of gas turbines, CO2 and Hydro generation capture, distributed generation, smart grids and the future of electricity markets.
More info on their website: http://electrica.uc3m.es/mixgenera/
Original story published on 17th Novemeber 2011, Edinburgh Napier News. Link.
Natalia Rodriguez 