Power systems – the incredible machine behind your power socket and how they run

Faglige nøgleord: power systems, electrical engineering, climate change, machine learning methods, power generation, wind turbines

Oplæg tilgængeligt på: Engelsk

Power systems are one of the most overlooked machines humans have ever built. Whether we turn on the TV, switch on a lamp, or charge our phone, we always assume that power is available at that power socket. Somehow, electricity is there, ready, waiting for us to choose to need it. Our society has been built on having power at our disposal every hour of every day of the year. We are so used to this energy availability that we almost take for granted that power is there. Sometimes, we even forget about the enormous social, economic, and environmental effort that it needs. In this presentation, I'll try to shed some light on the electric power system and how we prepare and operate it so that power is always available. We'll review the power system infrastructure, which connects all power sockets in Denmark and Europe, together through hundreds of thousands of kilometres of cables, and how we ensure it runs continuously. Finally, I'll review the primary methods we have to ensure system stability, why it is so difficult to integrate more renewable energy sources with the current operating paradigm, and review several new ideas on how we can improve it.

Opdateret af Sofie Marie Møller Nielsen den 9. april 2026

Fag og faglige nøgleord

Dette oplæg passer for eksempel godt til:

Teknologi

Nøgleord:

power systems
electrical engineering
climate change
machine learning methods
power generation
wind turbines

Sprog og form på besøget

Klassebesøg eller foredrag?

Dette oplæg kan tilpasses enten til en klasse (op til ca. 28 elever), hvor den ph.d.-studerende har mulighed for at have dialog med eleverne, eller til en større forsamling, så det får karakter af foredrag.

Sprog?

Dette oplæg er tilgængeligt på engelsk.

Digitalt eller fysisk besøg?

Den ph.d.-studerende kommer gerne ud på jeres skole til et fysisk besøg, men møder jer også digitalt via platformen Zoom, hvis I foretrækker det.

Øvrig information

Dette oplæg er ikke tilgængeligt fra juni og frem til august 2026.

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Kontakt

Taja Andersen Brenneche

Kommunikationsmedarbejder

AKM

45 25 10 57
tajab@adm.dtu.dk

Opdateret af Sofie Marie Møller Nielsen den 9. april 2026