University of Southampton
School of Electronics and Computer Science

Electrical Power Engineering

The Electrical Power Engineering Research Group have wide ranging interests and activities.  In addition to our research, we also provide the focus for Undergraduate degree programmes in Electrical and Electromechanical Engineering.

Research

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Postgraduate Degrees

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EPE News

Professor Jan Sykulski
The Chair of this year's international conference on electromagnetics will warn next week that the amount of energy lost from UK power devices will remain high if the industry does not design better products.

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The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) have just announced funding of £4.7M for “HubNet: Research Leadership and Networking for Energy Networks” in which the Tony Davies High Voltage Laboratory will be playing a key part.

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The IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society held its inaugural meeting of the UK Chapter at the Tony Davies High Voltage Laboratory on the 23rd September 2010 and some key appointments were made.

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Top: Interaction between participants <br>
Left: Discussion on Pockels experiment <br>
Right: Explanation of recent results
The Tony Davies High Voltage Laboratory and Electrical Power Engineering Group were proud to host the first in a new series of meetings organised by the Dielectrics Group of the Institute of Physics.

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Featured Project: Substation Earthing

Good substation earthing is essential for a safe and reliable power system. Methods to improve substation grounding with supporting measurements of earth resistance, and computational models to... [more]