You are being invited to a meeting to discuss and help plan for an IEEE General Meeting, GM, in Seattle scheduled for July 21-25, 2024. Seattle has not had a GM in over 20 years. This meeting is an open meeting, and anyone can attend. The mailing for this meeting of about 20 people was developed from those who responded to recent announcements and emails to members about the 2024 Seattle GM.
The accelerating deployment of distributed resources is posing scalability challenges for the control and operations of modern electric power systems. Large numbers of smaller devices that are owned and operated by an array of stakeholder pose challenges for traditional centrally controlled systems.
As states and cities look to electrify, utilities are becoming both supply and delivery constrained. How do we solve this problem both in the planning domain and the operational domain.
Worldwide, over 700 million people live without access to the electrical grid. The majority of people afflicted by this form of energy poverty live in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
The rapid integration of variable renewable energy sources (VRES) into power grids increases variability and uncertainty of the net demand, making the power system operation challenging.
Floating offshore wind energy is a nascent form of renewable energy development that marries oil and gas floating technologies with wind components from the well developed bottom mounted offshore wind sector.
In Sub-Saharan Africa, electricity access is progressing, but electricity use for economic growth remains stagnant. Powering economies sustainably is vital to enhancing livelihoods and is particularly challenging in agriculture-led rural economies, where the financial viability of electrification hinges on having sufficient demand to ensure sustainable revenues for utilities, which in turn provides economic benefits to consumers.
Oscilla Power is focused on developing large scale wave energy converters (WEC’s) that can provide reliable, utility-scale energy, enabling significant reductions in carbon emissions. Our 100kW Triton-C system is currently located in Hawaii and is waiting to be installed at the Wave Energy Test Site off the Marine Corps Base Hawaii.
The Spark Museum of Electrical Invention offers an exciting and educational experience for audiences of all ages. Compelling, interactive exhibits spanning four centuries of scientific achievement and cultural heritage are featured in a world-class collection of unique objects. The Spark Museum displays the inventions and innovations that changed the course of human history.
The Seattle PES Spark Museum Tour in Bellingham was held on November 6, 2021. The Spark Museum is a great supporter of IEEE and PES and opens its doors early for this annual event. It was a private tour and started with the museum’s MegaZapper show. This was the only IEEE PES in person event in 2021. We had a great turnout of 30 attendees including many families and friends.
