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INFRAESTRUCTURES DE LA GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA SAU (ICAT) is the entity of the Generalitat de Catalunya that manages most of the constructions of the #Catalan Administration. It participates in the planning, construction, operation and maintenance phase of buildings and infrastructure driven by the Generalitat. The main strategic mission of...

Tajfun HIL d.o.o. is a fully owned #Serbian subsidiary of Typhoon HIL, Inc., and a market and #technology leader in the rapidly growing field of ultra-high-fidelity Controller-Hardware-in-the-Loop (C-HIL) simulation for #powerelectronics and #microgrids. Typhoon HIL delivers industry-proven, vertically integrated real-time test solutions that...

Who is Anell?Aněll (ex Estabanell Distribució) is a Distribution System Operator based in #Catalonia, Spain. Its electrical grid was initially built more than 100 years ago to supply electricity to the textile industry and was later expanded to supply electricity to other towns and end users. Aněll has more than 120 km of 40 kV sub-transmission...

Who is IREC?IREC - Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya is the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research, a Catalan research centre, part of the ICERCA - Centres de Recerca de Catalunya institute. Its mission is to contribute to the sustainable development of our society implementing industrial competitiveness, generating scientific...

Who is Chalmers tekniska högskola ?Chalmers University of Technology is a Swedish university based in #Gothenburg. The researchers involved in the project belong to the division of Electric Power Engineering in the department of Electrical engineering and conduct research within a broad range of topics in electric power technology. Research...

Who is the University of Strathclyde?The University of Strathclyde is a world-leading technological university located in Glasgow, Scotland. Strathclyde is one of Europe's largest energy research clusters, with a core focus on power engineering. Strathclyde is home to the state-of-the-art megawatt range research facilities PNDC and the DER...

-What is a Multiport Converter?#powerelectronics have an important role on improving the operation of the distribution grid. A Multiport Converter considers the possibility to integrate multiple ports with AC and DC outputs, which could be used to introduce #storage or DC loads, such as #electricvehiclecharging stations, between AC feeders...

Last September 22 and 23 we kicked off the Horizon Europe IPLUG project in the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya  CITCEA-UPC. The project is entitled "Distributed multiport converters for integration of renewables, storage systems and loads while enhancing performance and resiliency of modern distributed networks". The consortium is led...