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Introductions and welcome to CIRED 2017

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Event
  • Session
  • Monday, 12 June 2017
  • 15:12 - 15:12
  • Duration: 6 mins
  • Publication date: 13 Jul 2017
  • Location: Clyde Auditorium, SEC, Glasgow, United Kingdom
  • Part of event CIRED 2017

About the session

CIRED, the leading forum where the Electricity Distribution Community meets, holds the major International Electricity Conference & Exhibition every two years in different venues in Europe with a worldwide perspective and participation.

We are delighted to be hosting the 24th International Conference & Exhibition on Electricity Distribution in the amazing city of Glasgow at the prestigious Scottish Event Campus (SEC).

CIRED 2017 offers the opportunity to interact face-to-face with up to 1500 key decision leaders in the field of Electricity Distribution. This will be your chance to network with a wide range of delegates from utility, product, consultancy, service or business sectors of the distribution industry.

Keywords:
  • CIRED
  • electromagnetic compatibility
  • energy
  • inverters
  • network components
  • power
  • power cable
  • power plant
  • smart grid
  • switchgear
  • voltage

Channels

Power

Power

Electronics

Electronics

Speaker

  • Roger  Hey

    Roger Hey

    Western Power Distribution, Future Networks Manager

    Roger has worked in the energy industry for over 20 years.Originally joining East Midlands Electricity, industry changes have led to positions in Powergen, E.ON and now Western Power Distribution, part of the NYSE listed PPL group.He initially trained as an operational engineer delivering networks construction and maintenance activities. Roger subsequently gained experience in Control Room and Telecommunications parts of a DNO business. More recently he spent several years managing the IT functions.In 2008 Roger was asked to bring together his varied experience and establish a Future Networks strategy and small team of specialist engineers.The department are responsible for the business’s innovation strategy, delivery of demonstration projects and implementation of new solutions into core business activities.Key elements of the WPD Future Networks Programme are developing smarter local grids, leveraging value from smart meters and helping customers adopt lower carbon technologies such as electric cars, heat pumps and distributed generation.
renewable energy sources wind power
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