MISSION:
- Increase innovation through the development of new practical analysis, design and diagnostic tools for the energy transition.
- Link excellence in research (in collaboration with companies working in the field of high voltage), along with the other missions of CENGIVRE.
- Train the researchers for tomorrow in basic and applied research.
HISTORY :
In the last decades, electricity transmission and distribution networks have been at the era of integrating renewable, decentralized energy sources interfaced by power electronics, new digital technologies and wireless communication. These new technologies are a major lever for the energy transition. This transition requires, notably, the massive development of new practical tools for the analysis, design and online diagnosis/monitoring of equipment and accessories installed on smart grids. UQAC, determined to consolidate and develop its expertise in this field and to ensure the next generation of high-voltage and power system engineers, accredited the Modelling and Diagnosis of Power Line Equipment (MODELE) laboratory in 2014. This laboratory has an ambitious program of activities in the field of power transmission and smart grid engineering.
It is important to recall that Canada announced in 2020, that its enhanced climate plan will invest more than $960 million over four years to advance smart renewable energy and grid modernization projects to build the clean grid of the future. It is therefore logical to expect an acceleration in the adoption of distributed energy networks combining solar, storage and electric vehicles. The interest of the laboratory’s research activities is thus crucial and obvious in that it will contribute to the decarbonization of Canada’s energy.
