Planning the development and the upgrade of power distribution
Power distribution development and renewal planning
Planning the RES integration in fast growing cities
Integrated renewable energy planning for rapidly developing cities
Impact of E-mobility on distribution planning
The impact of electric vehicles on power distribution planning
Integrated urban planning (power, gas, thermal, water, communication, transportation and waste)
Urban Comprehensive Planning (Electricity、Gas、Heat、Water、Communication、Transportation、Garbage Management)
Integrated planning of digital infrastructures (e.g. integrated data centers)
Comprehensive planning of digital infrastructure (such as comprehensive data center)
Inclusion of Cyber security in distribution planning and development
Power distribution planning and development considering information security
Artificial intelligence, machine learning, expert systems for planning smart city distribution networks
Based on artificial intelligence、Machine Learning、Smart city distribution network planning by expert system
Smart buildings, smart districts, smart factories, microgrids
Smart buildings, smart communities, smart factories, microgrids
Business models, markets and regulatory framework impact on the smart city develop
Business Model、The impact of market and regulatory frameworks on smart city development
Smart, compact and eco-friendly substations, and smart transformers
Smart, compact, environmentally friendly substations and smart transformers
Pre-built power stations and substations
Prefabricated power plants and substations
High ampacity underground cables and superconductivity cables
High-capacity underground cables and superconducting cables
Fault current limiters (for sub-grids connections, energy demanding transport infrastructure, etc.)
Fault current limiter (for grid interconnection、Energy transmission equipment, etc.)
Components for active network operations (e.g., fault location, isolation and service restoration, dynamic load Management, power flow management, power quality conditioners)
Active distribution network operation equipment (such as，Fault location、Isolate and restore power、Dynamic load management、Power flow management、Power quality conditioner
DC distribution and AC/DC hybrid solutions
DC power distribution and AC-DC hybrid power distribution solutions
AC and DC charging stations for private and public transportation
Private and public AC and DC charging stations
Distributed and centralized storage
Distributed/Centralized energy storage system
Technical solutions for upgrading existing assets
Technical solutions for upgrading existing assets
Innovative condition monitoring
New method of condition monitoring
Aggregators and demand response in fast growing cities (e.g. Virtual Power Plants, flexibility mechanisms)
Aggregators and demand response (e.g. virtual power plants) in rapidly growing cities，Flexible mechanism)
Multi energy/multi services networks and systems
Multiple energy sources/Multi-service networks and systems
Operation and energy management of smart districts and buildings (e.g. community systems operator, etc.)
Operation and energy management of smart communities and buildings (such as community system operators, etc.)
Integration and operation of E-mobility in large cities, smart public lighting and distributed storage
Integration and operation of electric vehicles in large cities，Smart public lighting and distributed energy storage
Peer to peer energy transaction and local markets (blockchain)
Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading and Local Markets (Blockchain)
Interoperable digital platforms for the integration of city services
Interoperable digital platform for urban service integration
Big data to improve and optimize the operation of smart distribution systems
Big data methods to improve and optimize the operation of intelligent power distribution systems
Innovative operation of the distribution system
(e.g., IoT integration, etc.)
New methods of power distribution system operation (such as IoT integration, etc.)
Digitalization and asset management
Digitalization and Asset Management
Decision support systems and risk awareness for resilient distribution systems
Risk perception and assisted decision-making system for resilient distribution network
Citizen awareness and resiliency
Citizenship and Resilience
Cyber security techniques for digital power distribution
Information security technology for digital power distribution
Cyber physical modeling and simulation for smart cities
Smart city cyber-physical modeling and simulation
Microgrids and smart districts for resiliency
Resilient microgrids and smart communities
Cyber-attacks as high-impact low-probability events
Information attack with low probability and high damage
Managing data protection and open data
Data protection and data openness management
Impact of innovative market arrangements on resiliency
The impact of new market management mechanisms on resilience
