Summary

Welcome to ELECTRA, the signature magazine of CIGRE for our digital world. CIGRE is excited to offer our members and subscribers this platform to access the latest news, global connections, expertise, and work from the world of CIGRE.

Read ELECTRA June 2025 edition

Content:

"Prepared for the Blackout" - Editorial by Konstantin O. Papailiou, President of CIGRE

Global Connections

  • Unity 3.0 - Part 2: The Cosmic Operating System and Energy's Fundamental Role
  • Empowering Tanzania’s Energy Future: Smart and Eco-Friendly T&D Equipment Workshop
  • You Are an Artist: Art and Science Drive Innovative Partnerships

Technology E2E

  • The AI debate needs balance - The power systems industry should help
  • Regulation and market design to foster decarbonation through industry electrification
  • DSO (Distribution System Operator) - customer interfaces for efficient system operations

Global Leadership Perspectives

  • Understanding workflow: A new paradigm for effective collaboration

Life of Association

  • Powering CIGRE’s 2nd Century
  • CIGRE Academy in West Africa - A SC B2 initiative
  • CIGRE NGN: Discussion with Saravanan Balamurugan
  • Women in Energy Japan: Fostering Connections and Empowerment
  • Inside CIGRE: Get to know our Central Office Team! - Part 3
  • CIGRE Science & Engineering (CSE) - The technical magazine of choice
  • The weird but wonderful workings of the Group Discussion Meeting
  • CIGRE NGN - Member Testimonial: Siva Kaviya
  • CIGRE Ordinary & Extraordinary General Assemblies - Assemblée Générale Ordinaire & Extraordinaire du CIGRE

Annual Reports

  • SC B3 - Substations and electrical installations
  • SC B4 - DC systems and power electronics
  • SC B5 - Protection and Automation

Technical Brochures

  • TB 960 - JWG C5/C1.36: Certification of the electricity used to produce hydrogen
  • TB 961 - WG B4.85: Interoperability in HVDC systems based on partially open software
  • TB 962 - WG A2.69: Guide for transformer maintenance – 2025 Edition
  • TB 963 - WG B1.87: Finite Element Analysis for Cable Rating Calculations
  • TB 964 - WG B2.81: Increasing the Strength Capacity of Existing Overhead Transmission Line Structures

Additional informations

Publication type Electra
Reference ELT_340
Publication year
Publisher CIGRE