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COI 2012 - Call for papers
5th International Conference on Integration of Renewable and Distributed Energy Resources
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The COI 2012 conference will be held from the 4th to 6th of December 2012 in the MARITIM proArte Hotel Berlin, Berlin, Germany. It will focus on the latest technical, market and policy aspects related to integration of renewable and distributed energy resources and smart grids through the plenary sessions. |
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Deadline for the submission of abstracts: June 11th, 2012 [more] |
Vacancies in DERlab
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DERlab is looking for Student Assistants (Studentische Hilfskraft). Please see the descriptions in Jobs. |
Research scholarship announcement
Send your research project proposals for DERri until the 31st of January
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The sixth deadline for submission of proposal is announced by the DERri project to be the 31st of January, 2012. Researchers from the EU can get assisted and free-of-charge access to the DER research infrastructure facilities throughout Europe through DERri - Distributed Energy Resources Research Infrastructure - project. Application procedure is described at www.der-ri.net . |
DERlab's technical liaison with CENELEC TC 8X
CENELEC Technical Board welcomes DERlab as an official “Technical Liaison Partner” within the CLC/TC 8X committee (System aspects of electrical energy supply) in 2011.
CENELEC is the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation and is responsible for standardisation in the electrotechnical engineering field. CENELEC prepares voluntary standards, which helps to enhance European excellence in the area of electrotechnical standardisation.
The scope of the CLC/TC 8X technical body is to prepare the necessary standards framework and coordinate the development, in cooperation with other TC/SCs, of CENELEC standards needed to facilitate the functioning of electricity supply systems in open markets. DERlab contributed actively to the recent European standard EN 50438 “Requirements for the connection of micro generators in parallel with public low voltage distribution networks”.
Six Years Cooperation in the Network of Excellence
Presentations of the pre-conference of Kassel Symposium online
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Celebrating six years of successful collaboration among the members of the Network of Excellence, DERlab showcased its developments and achievements in a pre-conference Kassel Symposium on Energy Systems Technology on the 6th of October. [more] |
DERlab welcomes five new Members
On 5th October the Association of European Distributed Energy Resources Laboratories (DERlab e.V.) accepted five new members at its general assembly in Kassel, Germany. DERlab e.V. welcomes the Greek Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving (CRES), the Spanish Research Centre for Energy, Environment and Technology (Ciemat), the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Grenoble Electrical Engineering (G2Elab) and the Spanish Energy Technological Institute (ITE) as supporting members. More...
General Assembly, October 2011
Annual report 2011-2012 published
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3rd Derlab Activity Report [4.168 KB] serves as a record of key activities in science and networking amongst both the contributors of the EC Network of Excellence (NoE) DERlab and the members of the association European Distributed Energy Resources Laboratories (DERlab) e. V. |
Fraunhofer IWES Test Centre Systec inaugurated
Fraunhofer IWES Test Centre for Smart Grids and Electromobility (SysTec) inaugurated
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On the 16th of September, 2011 Frauhofer IWES held the opening of its test centre for smart grids and electromobility (SysTec). In its new centre covering approximately 80,000 m², Fraunhofer IWES is developing and testing new equipment and operation strategies for smart low and medium voltage grids. One of the laboratory halls includes a testing area for low and medium voltage converters, electrical machines or grid equipment. A mobile test container able to be used to measure the fault-ride-through of generation plants has been also integrated into the laboratory. The second lab is equipped with facilities to test grid integration of electric vehicles and power storage. |
For more information: Brochure [32 KB] (English), Press release [613 KB] (German).
Press Release
Quality Standard of DERlab for Outdoor Tests Allows Reliable Benchmarking of Photovoltaic Modules
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With its new standard DERlab will create uniform measuring procedures with which one can directly compare the energy yield of solar modules site-specifically in different locations and under the most varying of climatic conditions. More... |
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