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• Feeder hosting capacity tool: Development of a feeder Best young engineer paper
hosting capacity tool to enable distribution planners, to A Twelve-Month Field Analysis of New Overhead Line Conductor
determine the thresholds at which SSEG can be integrated Coatings to Increase Ampacity/Reduce Power Losses in South Africa:
into their distribution networks without undertaking network Performance and Durability Assessments, by Niall Coogan
strengthening.
Best student paper
Session 4: Rotating Electrical Machines, Power Transformers & Benefit of High Voltage Direct Current Transmission in the
Reactors, DC systems & Power Electronics Cameroonian Energy Supply System, by Contimi Kenfack Mouafo
• Deteriorating synchronous generation: Examination of the
performance of South Africa’s thermal coal fleet, the use of Copies of the proceedings, including tutorials, papers, feedback
load shedding and emergency diesel generation, and the session, and presentations can be downloaded from the CIGRE SA
support from, complimentary supplies on network stability. website by clicking here.
• Optical fibre sensors in PWR: Experimental research
associated with exposing specifically prepared fibres to the About CIGRE
harsh environment within a nuclear reactor. There is growing Established in 1921 in Paris, France, CIGRE is a global community
interest in optical fibre-based sensors for application in nuclear committed to the collaborative development and sharing of
reactors. power system expertise. The community features thousands
• Power transformer inspection and testing under lockdown: The of professionals from over 90 countries and 1250 member
effect of Covid-19 on pre-operational and operational phases of organisations, including some of the world’s leading experts. At
power transformer life cycle management plan. its heart are CIGRE’s 59 in-country National Committees offering
• Telecommunication infrastructure for smart grid: An overview diverse technical perspectives and expertise from every corner of
of the new telecommunication transformation and growth the globe.
needed to support a future modernised distribution power CIGRE operates the world’s foremost knowledge programme,
system in a developing nation. spanning 16 domains of work encompassing all the core areas of
• HVDC transmission in the Cameroonian electricity supply the power system. Across these domains 250+ Working Groups
system: Evaluation of possibility of coupling the ESS in draw and build on practical expertise to solve existing and future
Cameroon based on economic and technical criteria. challenges facing the power system.
CIGRE’s knowledge programme includes an extensive range of
Session 5: Transmission & Distribution Equipment, Protection local and international events, culminating every two years at the
& Automation, Power System Environmental Performance and Paris Session in France – a unique thought-leadership congress and
Power System Technical Performance the premier global power system event.
• Vision and objectives for a secure and reliable Libyan power Over the last 100 years the work of CIGRE has contributed
system: The main activities undertaken by GECOL with the to many of the key technical cornerstones of the modern power
support of Eni North Africa and CESI to achieve this goal, in system. CIGRE’s renowned publications, developed through the
collaborative sharing of ‘real world experiences’, are in many cases,
particular, including efficient deployment of renewable energy the authoritative source of reference information.
resources (RER). All this means that when electricity industry professionals
• Radioactive material management: South Africa’s experiences look for the unbiased, fact-based answers they need, they turn to
with a deep dive into the management processes of radioactive CIGRE, the world’s pre-eminent source for power system expertise.
materials, including present-day practices that ensure the safe
use of the uranium, with zero impact to the environment. Purpose: To foster engagement and knowledge sharing among
• Inverter filter components in modelling RPPs: The effect RPP power system professionals globally to enable the sustainable
cable capacitances and inverter filter components have on provision of electricity for all.
resonant conditions in the network, that in many cases can lead
to non-compliance with the grid code. Mission: To contribute to the betterment of the power system by
• Frequency protection relay performance: The results of an enhancing the expertise of the people within it.
investigation to confirm that the installed base of UFLS relays
in South Africa is capable of implementing the new, revised Vision: To be universally recognised as the leading global
under-frequency load shedding (UFLS) programme. community for expertise in all aspects of electric power systems.
• Grid modernisation impact vs. effort matrix: The aim of the
impact vs. effort matrix is to evaluate grid modernisation About CIGRE SA
technologies by assessing their impact and effort to implement, CIGRE Southern Africa counts more than ten collective
highlighting the technology risk to business. memberships, 120 individual members and ten student members.
This membership is composed of researchers, academics,
BEST PAPERS engineers, technicians, suppliers and other decision makers, and
Best overall paper is supported by 3500 experts actively collaborating in a structured
Mitigation measures for increasing penetration of solar work programme.
Photovoltaic (PV) systems in Distribution networks, by Aradhna
Pandarum Contact CIGRE SA, arigyes@eskom.co.za, https://cigresa.org.za

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