Press Releases
The last 12 Months in Review. The Transition of the FEN Research Campus to the 2nd Funding Phase
For five years, FEN has been researching and developing innovative technologies for more efficient, sustainable and secure power grids together with its partners from RWTH Aachen University and industry. In particular, direct current (DC) technology [...]
Professor De Doncker receives the 2020 IEEE Power Engineering Medal
Prof. Rik W. De Doncker received the 2020 IEEE Power Engineering Medal for his contributions to high-power and energy-conversion technologies. "Revolutionary ideas have led to the development of distribution and conversion technologies necessary for the [...]
FEN Research Campus Celebrates the Launch of the MVDC Grid on Campus Melaten
On November 19th, FEN Research Campus celebrated the inauguration of their medium-voltage direct current (MVDC) research grid, together with our partners from RWTH Aachen University and industry as well as guests of honor and [...]
Novel 5 MW DC Converter Put Into Operation
As part of the Flexible Electrical Networks (FEN) Research Campus, the Institute for Power Generation and Storage Systems at the E.ON Energy Research Center (E.ON ERC) commissioned the world's most powerful medium-voltage (5 kV), [...]
FEN at NEDO Smart Communities Summit in Japan
Prof. De Doncker, Managing Director of FEN Research Campus, was invited to give a talk on DC technologies at the Smart Communities Summit of the New Energy and Industrial Development Organization (NEDO) of the Japanese [...]
Citizens discuss electric grids for the energy transition
Diskussionsforum Stromnetze outlines chances and changes within urban areas On June 11, Flexible Electrical Networks (FEN) Research Campus and StädteRegion Aachen jointly hosted the third DIKUSSIONSFORUM STROMNETZE in Aachen. During his introduction, Thomas Pilgrim [...]