The deadline for form submission is now extended to 25th October 2018.

Objective of the Proposed Event

The ever increasing demand for electrical energy, the shortage of fossil fuels and the need for CO2 emission reduction have resulted in a global awareness of the importance of environmental friendly and sustainable energy resources. In the last few decades, in spite of substantial increase in the installed electricity capacity in India, the electricity demand has outstripped supply because of economic growth, urbanization and growing population leading to substantial energy and peak shortages which have consistently remained above 10% level. In order to meet the energy deficit and reduce the dependence on fossil fuels, Government of India is promoting the growth of sustainable energy resources through several financial incentives.

Wind energy, solar PV and Fuel cell are some of the examples for sustainable energy resources that can be used in the future power system. The electricity generated from these sources is highly dependent on various factors, such as the wind speed, solar irradiation, etc. On the other hand, the consumer loads require electricity at a fixed voltage magnitude and frequency. Hence a power conversion and control stage is always necessary for interfacing these energy resources with the consumer loads and the utility. Thus Power electronic converter becomes the key technology for the efficient use, distribution and generation of electrical energy from these sustainable energy resources.

The symposium is aimed to introduce the participants about the basic operation and recent research trends in Power electronics technologies with a focus on sustainable energy systems. The main energy resources to be covered in this symposium are Solar PV, Wind energy and Fuel cells.