Wind technology

• Sensors and condition monitoring

• Floating wind turbines

• Foundations for offshore wind turbines

• Offshore platforms and foundations for offshore transmission systems

• Offshore cable systems for array and grid connection systems

• Smart strategies for wind power plant operation

• Wind power plant design and wake

• Wind power plant modelling and control

• Extending wind plant life

• Operations and maintenance

PV systems technology

• PV system design and performance

• Power conversion and grid interaction

• MPPT algorithms

• Integration of PV into buildings and infrastructure

• O&M and condition monitoring

• Lifetime and reliability, including ageing effect

Other renewable energy sources

• Geothermal power generation

• Wave and tidal energy

• Solar thermal power generation

• Power generation from biomass

• Hybrid systems combining multiple energy sources, with or without storage

Grid integration

• Low inertial power system operation and management

• Ancillary services from renewable energy generation

• Use of HVDC

• Demand side management, energy storage integration and potential

• Alternative transmission systems - low-frequency transmission, GIL, etc.

• Long-term infrastructure planning and investment

• Impact of distributed generation, demand response and storage on distribution systems

• DC/DC conversion and DC distribution systems

IT and automation integration

• Compliance with system security and quality standards

• IT security technologies and requirements for power systems

• Digitalised solutions for renewables integration

• Interoperability of multi-owner IT and automation systems

• Scalability of IT and automation systems for renewable integration

Market integration

• New market design and operation

• Renewable energy forecasting

• Encouraging flexibility in generation and demand

Alternative ways for integration

• Multi-carrier energy systems integration for high penetration of renewables

• New energy storage solutions

• Power to gas or heat