"We delved into research systems which included renewable energy systems, power system dynamics, control and analysis and power electronics at the meet," said Pradipta Kishore Dash, General Chair for the conference at the valedictory function on Friday.
The conference was co-sponsored by the US-based Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), Indian National Academy of??Engineering (INAE), Department of Science and Technology and Ministry of Information Technology. R P Maheswari of the IIT, Roorkee, who addressed the concluding function highlighted the progress made in the area of smart grid. "We may soon be using contraptions like the sim card of a mobile phone in household energy systems where a consumer can draw power as long as he has balance and the power will go off when the balance is exhausted," he said.
Energy requirement has been doubling almost every 17 to 18 years with Asia registering phenomenal growth in power requirement with China and India in the forefront, Maheswari said. In order to meet the growing requirements, the experts at the conference recommended more discussions and wider deliberations on futuristic systems.