According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), a viral pneumonia of unknown cause detected in Wuhan, China, was first reported to the WHO Country Office in China on December 31, 2019. On February 11, 2020, WHO announced a name for the new coronavirus disease: Covid-19, and this virus has since become a worldwide pandemic with a major socio-economic impact. Read More

Following CIGRE's announcement of its e-session in 2020 and Centennial Session in 2021, our members and the wider industry have been seeking clarity on a range of areas. Read More

The transition to a clean energy future requires thorough understanding of increasingly complex interactions between conventional generation, network equipment, variable renewable generation technologies (centralised and distributed), and demand response.Read More

Major grid disturbances may begin due to many different causes. Protection functions are used to trip the circuit breakers to disconnect energy supply and load according to the characteristics of the disturbance. Protection devices have played a major role in initiating, propagating, and preventing major power system disturbances in the past. Protection engineers have developed a very high degree of competence for designing and configuring relays to be reliable, sensitive, and secure response to short circuit events. Read More