IEEE PES T&D Show Blog: HVDC Spoken Here

April 19, 2018

This 2MVAR SVC building block was the IEEE PES T&D Expo

I was walking by the Mitsubishi booth (835) when I heard someone calling me. Don Sullivan, an old friend, was there with this 2MVAR SVC building block. They had more power electronics toys than I could stand. We started talking and other DC nerds began showing up. It was great, and my afternoon schedule was shot.

About the Author

Gene Wolf

Gene Wolf has been designing and building substations and other high technology facilities for over 32 years. He received his BSEE from Wichita State University. He received his MSEE from New Mexico State University. He is a registered professional engineer in the states of California and New Mexico. He started his career as a substation engineer for Kansas Gas and Electric, retired as the Principal Engineer of Stations for Public Service Company of New Mexico recently, and founded Lone Wolf Engineering, LLC an engineering consulting company.

Gene is widely recognized as a technical leader in the electric power industry. Gene is a fellow of the IEEE. He is the former Chairman of the IEEE PES T&D Committee. He has held the position of the Chairman of the HVDC & FACTS Subcommittee and membership in many T&D working groups. Gene is also active in renewable energy. He sponsored the formation of the “Integration of Renewable Energy into the Transmission & Distribution Grids” subcommittee and the “Intelligent Grid Transmission and Distribution” subcommittee within the Transmission and Distribution committee.