At the end of this course, the participants will:

• Understand the charging options for EVs and its impact on the grid and batteries
• Identify system services for EVs with regards to voltage quality at the point of common coupling
• Discover what are the “grid friendly” and grid supporting functions in EVs
• Uncover the different applications, standards and data researched on EVs
• Examine the application of a grid planning tool (pandapower) for power system modelling
• Be able to develop code snippets with pandapower
• Apply and execute a code example for power system modelling with pandapower

• EV and grid project developers and administrators
• Power grid operators and planners
• EPC organisations involved in grid development
• EV/ battery manufacturers and designers
• EV transport planners and designers
• Government regulators and policy makers

The VILT will be delivered online in 3 half-day sessions comprising 4 hours per day, with 2 x 10 minutes breaks per day, including time for lectures, discussion, quizzes and short interactive exercises.

Additionally, some self-study will be requested. Participants are invited but not obliged to bring a short presentation (10 mins max) on a practical problem they encountered in their work. This will then be explained and discussed during the VILT. A short test or quiz will be held at the end of every session/day.

Our first course expert is Head of Department Converters and Electrical Drive Systems at Fraunhofer IEE and Professor for Electromobility and Electrical Infrastructure at Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences. He received his engineering degree in automation in 2008 by the THM Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen (FH Giessen-Friedberg). Afterwards he studied power engineering at University of Kassel and received his diploma certificate in 2010. In 2016 he received the Ph.D. (Dr.-Ing.) from the University of Hannover. The title of his dissertation is Optimized multifunctional bi-directional charger for electric vehicles. He has been a researcher at the Fraunhofer IEE in Kassel since 2010 and deals with power converters for electric vehicles, photovoltaics and wind energy. His current research interests include the bidirectional inductive power transfer, battery charger and inverter as well as new power electronic components such as SiC MOSFETs and chokes. Additionally, our key expert is Chairman of the IEEE Joint IAS/PELS/IES German Chapter and a member of the International Scientific Committee of the EPE Association.

Our second course expert is Senior Project Manager at Fraunhofer IEE. Prior to this he was the Director of Grid Integration department at SMA Solar Technology AG, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of PV power converters. Before joining SMA, our course expert was manager of the Front Office System Planning at Amprion GmbH (formerly RWE TSO), one of the four German transmission system operators. He holds a degree of electrical engineering of the University of Kassel, Germany. In 2003 he finished his Ph.D. (Dr.-Ing.) on the topic of wind power forecasting at the “Institute of Solar Energy Supply Technology” (now Fraunhofer IEE) in Kassel. In 2004 he started his career at RWE TSO with main focus on wind power integration and congestion management. Our course expert is chairman of the IEC SC 8A “Grid Integration of Large-capacity Renewable Energy (RE) Generation” and has published several papers about grid integration of renewable energy source and forecasting systems on books, magazines, international conferences and workshops.

Our third course expert is a research associate at the Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Economics and Energy System Technology IEE and the University of Kassel, Germany, where he is also working on his PhD. His main research focus is probabilistic planning methods for distribution systems in the context of renewable energies and electric mobility. After graduating from the University of Kassel in 2017 (M.Sc. in Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency), he was involved in the German grid integration study “Verteilnetzstudie Hessen”. Most recently, he is engaged in the Project “Charging Infrastructure 2.0” funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, where he is investigating the grid integration of charging points into low and medium voltage grids. He is a pandapower user and part of the pandapower developer team since 2015.

To further optimise your learning experience from our courses, we also offer individualized “One to One” coaching support for 2 hours post training. We can help improve your competence in your chosen area of interest, based on your learning needs and available hours. This is a great opportunity to improve your capability and confidence in a particular area of expertise. It will be delivered over a secure video conference call by one of our senior trainers. They will work with you to create a tailor-made coaching program that will help you achieve your goals faster.
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