Control in Smartgrids and Distributed Generation University of the Basque Country

Overview

Smartgrids allow an efficient and safe management of electricity, optimising the production, distribution and consumption of electricity, in order to better balance the supply and demand between producers and consumers.

This Control in Smartgrids and Distributed Generation programme from the University of the Basque Country was created with the aim of training highly qualified professionals in the design, integration and analysis of control systems and management of the main components of Smartgrids. 

This way, it seeks to respond to the demand of companies and technology centres in the sector of electricity networks and DG, in an increasingly international context.

For this, the training programme confers knowledge in the field of:

• the techniques and methodologies related to modelling and control

• ICTs

• power electronics

• energy storage systems

• electrical networks
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools applied to the management of energy.

Likewise, the students acquire the skills required to solve the problems that arise in the mentioned areas, as well as the ability to evaluate the behaviour of Smartgrids components, defining specific evaluation criteria.

Career Opportunities

• Project design, maintenance and responsibility, in the electric power, transport or machine tool sector.

• Research in the field.