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CIGRE Study Committees (SCs)

Study Committees are pivotal in advancing the electrical power industry by fostering specialized research, facilitating knowledge exchange, and developing innovative solutions. Organized under four broad categories—Equipment, Technologies, Systems, and New Materials & IT—each committee focuses on critical areas within the power sector.

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Specialized Study Committees

CIGRE Ireland hosts 16 Study Committees, each dedicated to specific aspects of electrical power systems. These committees are categorized into four main areas: Equipment (A), Technologies (B), Systems (C), and New Materials & IT (D). Below is an overview of each category and the corresponding Study Committees.

Equipment (A)

Study Committees under the Equipment category focus on the design,
development, maintenance, and optimization of essential electrical power equipment.

Study Committee (SC) No. & Title Scope Irish Representative Year Appointed
A1 Power Generation and Electromechanical Energy Conversion
  • Life management
  • Machine monitoring and diagnosis
  • Renewable generation
  • Large generators
  • High efficient electrical machines
 Peter Kelly 2022
A2 Power Transformers and Reactors
  • Design and manufacture
  • Application of material
  • Utilization (maintenance, operation, condition monitoring, life management, repair, refurbishment, disposal)
  • Safety and environmental aspects (noise, oil spill, fire hazard, explosion)
  • Economic/commercial aspects
  • Quality assurance and testing
 Brendan Diggin 2022
A3 Transmission and Distribution Equipment
  • Design and development
  • New and improved test techniques
  • Maintenance, refurbishment, and lifetime management
  • Reliability assessment and condition monitoring
  • Requirements presented by changing networks
  • Equipment related subject
 Brian Perry 2022

Technologies (B)

Study Committees in the Technologies category address advanced technologies
and systems that enhance the efficiency, reliability, and sustainability of electrical power networks.

Study Committee (SC) No. & Title Scope Irish Representative Year Appointed
B1 Insulated Cables
  • Power cables in all phases of life
  • Submarine, underground, ducts, tunnels
  • HVDC and HVAC cable systems
 John Martin 2022
B2 Overhead Lines
  • Increase acceptability of overhead lines
  • Increase capacities of existing overhead lines
  • Increase reliability and availability of overhead lines
 David Tuohy 2020
B3 Substations and Electrical Installations
  • New substation concepts
  • Substation management issues
  • Life cycle management and maintenance
  • Impact of new communication standards and smart grids on existing and new substations
 Hugh Cunningham 2020
B4 DC Systems and Power Electronics
  • Responsible for HVDC systems and power electronics for AC systems
  • Provides unbiased and balanced documents on economical, technical, and environmental matters
  • Target audience includes engineers, standardization bodies, investors, and regulators
 John Ging 2024
B5 Protection and Automation
  • Improved concepts of substation automation systems
  • Technical recommendations for IEC 61850
  • Application of numerical protections and substation automation systems
  • Methods to improve performance of protection systems
  • Protection implications of new generation technologies
 Ross Kelly 2024

Systems (C)

Study Committees within the Systems category focus on the overall operation,
control, sustainability, and economic aspects of electrical power systems.

Study Committee (SC) No. & Title Scope Irish Representative Year Appointed
C1 Power System Development & Economics
  • Planning for rapid development, uncertain generation, and desired reliability
  • Investment drivers, decision processes, and tools
  • Asset management practices including risk assessment now and in the future
 Derek Carroll 2022
C2 Power System Operation and Control
  • Control and switching for reliability (voltage, frequency, capacity limits)
  • Reserves and emergency strategies
  • Management of fault and restoration situations
  • Short-term planning and coordination of system capacity needs
  • Requirements and use of power system analysis and security assessment functionalities
  • Requirements, methods, tools for training of operators
  • Impact on system operation from institutional structures: regulators, trading, contracted ancillary services
 Adrian Kelly 2022
C3 Power System Sustainability and Environmental Performance
  • Environmental impacts of power system development and operation
  • Global environmental changes and power systems
  • Public acceptance of power system infrastructures
  • Stakeholders engagement and communication
  • Power system efficiency and environment
 Des Cox 2024
C4 Power System Technical Performance
  • Power quality
  • Electromagnetic Compatibility and Electromagnetic Interference (EMC/EMI)
  • Insulation coordination
  • Lightning
  • Power systems performance models and numerical analysis
 Geoff Love 2024
C5 Electricity Markets and Regulation
  • Consequences of regulatory changes for the electric power sector
  • Regulatory incentives for investment
  • System implications of new generation technologies
  • Market design’s impact on transmission system operation
  • Market design for integration of intermittent generation
 Niamh Delaney 2024
C6 Active Distribution Systems and Distributed Energy Resources
  • Dispersed energy resources connection and integration
  • Dispersed energy resources concepts in distribution systems operation and planning (Micro-grids and Active distribution networks)
  • Demand management and active customer integration
  • Rural electrification
 Sinead Hanley 2024

New Materials and IT (D)

Study Committees in the New Materials and IT category explore emerging
materials and information technologies that are transforming the electrical power industry.

Study Committee (SC) No. & Title Scope Irish Representative Year Appointed
D1 Materials and Emerging Test Techniques
  • Electrical insulating materials
  • Electrical conducting materials
  • High voltage and current test and measuring techniques
  • Diagnostic tools
 No representative N/A
D2 Information Systems, Telecommunications, and Cybersecurity
  • ICT applied to the networks of the future
  • Telecommunication networks in Electric Power utilities (architectures, media, protocols…)
  • New ICT architectures to control bulk power systems (smart meter, smart grid, intelligent grid, control centres EMS, MMS etc…)
  • ICT governance within utilities – in-house versus outsourced
  • Information security within Electric Power Utilities
 Robert Groarke 2022
Contact

Secretary Irish National Committee of CIGRÉ c/o Ken Atkinson (ESB Networks),
Email: ken.atkinson2@esb.ie

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