Benefits

„Renewable Energies are the key climate solution, making RE grid integration a key topic of our time. The Grid Integration Week is the premier international science-to-industry exchange platform with a unique focus on grid integration: the perfect event to share knowledge and experience and the ideal opportunity for networking.“

Dr. Thomas Ackermann, Energynautics, Germany

„I find that the people here have views and a perspective that I wouldn’t necessarily get in the North American conference circuit. And then I would also say that a lot of the people here have kind of on an advanced development pathway. So it almost feels like you get a glimpse into the future. And I can take that back to my own home country.

I think a lot of events these days focus on a few key messages from high level decision makers rather than the solutions. And that’s what I’m finding here: a lot of people have thought long and hard about the challenge of integrating wind, solar and energy storage.“

Phil McKay, Canadian Renewable Energy Association

„I think the biggest part, I would like to take back from this event for my work at the International Energy Agency is the improved understanding of many topics on integration of wind and solar. For example, in this year’s event, there has been a strong focus on grid forming solutions. This is a topic that we are following very closely at the IEA, and it’s been really great to know more about this topic, and also to connect with many professionals that are really the leaders on this topic.“

Javier Jorquera, IEA

„This event combines research, academia and companies, system operators and other companies. I have increased my network a lot, thanks to these events.“

Hannele Holttinen, CLIC Innovation Oy, Finland

„If I just see how we exchanged in these recent days, during coffee breaks and also evening events, colleagues got together to talk with each other and exchange their knowledge, and they were burning for topics and exchanging insights, which you cannot simply transfer via email or different types of medium. And that’s why I think such conferences are needed for this exchange from our experts towards the future. „

Marlene Petz, Austrian Power Grid AG, Austria

„We as a German regulator are, of course, focused on the German power grids. And as such, we usually mainly talk to German stakeholders, but it’s very beneficial to talk to the international community to gain more experience. How people, how institutions and entities abroad treat the issues of grid forming of power grid stability.“

Malwin Niehus, Bundesnetzagentur, Germany

„It is a really good mix between academia and industry, and it shows us where the actual problems are in the industry, but it also shows industry what academia can provide in terms of solutions and services. I’ve been at these conferences for a long time, starting probably in the last century, and pretty much enjoyed that throughout the time.“

Gregor Giebel, DTU, Denmark

„I think a special thing about this event is that people come here from all over the world. From South and North America, from Asia, from Africa, from Australia and from Europe, of course. And I think this international exchange is extremely valuable for everyone in the community.“

Daniel Duckwitz, SMA, Germany

„I’ve been coming to these conferences for about 15 years or so. And the reason that I keep coming is that they’re extremely valuable. First to learn from the Europeans and second, because of the depth of technical discussion. I’ve also seen it evolve. At one point in time, it was mostly focused on wind, and then solar got added and now the big, hot topic is grid forming inverters. It’s interesting to see what’s going to happen next.“

Debra Lew, ESIG, USA