ELECTRA April 2025

Summary

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Content:

Editorial by Konstantin O. Papailiou, President of CIGRE

Global Connections

• Unity 3.0 Beyond Utility 3.0 Boundaries
• Fueling an effective Energy Transition: delivering an integrated talent planning strategy

Technology E2E

• HVDC Digital Twin – Concepts and roadmap
• Voice Assistants in Grid Control Rooms: An opportunity for Enhancing Efficiency, Accuracy, and Operator Focus
• Regulatory frameworks and market integration for assets under non-firm grid connection
• Process requirements experience of offshore substation operation and maintenance

Life of Association

• CIGRE, the best training Academy
• My adventure at CIGRE by Philippe Adam, Secretary General of CIGRE
• My Journey with CIGRE – A Pathway to an Academic Career
• Inside CIGRE: Get to know our Central Office Team! 一 Part 2
• CIGRE NGN: Discussion with Mashilo Moabelo
• CIGRE Denmark - NGN 1st Annual General Meeting
• CIGRE D2 Roundtable
• CIGRE SEERC: Report from 4th Grid Resilience Workshop in Rome

Annual Reports

• SC B1 - Insulated Cables
• SC B2 - Overhead Lines

Technical Brochures

• TB 949 - WG B5.69: Experience Gained and Recommendations for Implementation of Process Bus in Protection, Automation and Control Systems
• TB 956 - TF4 WG B4.04: Protocol for Reporting the Operational Performance of HVDC Systems
• TB 957 - JWG B1/B3/D1.79: Recommendations for dielectric testing of HVDC gas-insulated cable connection
  assemblies
• TB 958 - JWG B4.82/IEEE: Guidelines for use of real-code in EMT models for HVDC, FACTs and inverter
  based generators in power systems analysis
• TB 959 - WG B1.54: Behaviour of Cable Systems under Large Disturbances

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