Awards

The ERA Technology Best Paper prize was awarded to the paper entitled

"Analysis of Black-Startup and Islanding Capabilities of a Combined Cycle Power Plant"

authors Borghetti A., Bosetti M., Nucci C.A., Paolone M., Ciappi G., Solari (University of Bologna and Hera S.p.A., Italy), presented by Mr. Mauro Bosetti in Session 3M8 on “Power Quality”.

The recipient of the UPEC2008 Best Oral Presentation by a Young Engineer under the Age of 30 Prize was

Mr. P.N. Mavroidis

from Aristotele University, Thessaloniki, Greece for a paper entitled "Impulse Breakdown of Short Rod-plane Air Gaps with a Dielectric Covered Rod", authors Mavroidis P.N., Mikropoulos P.N., Stassinopoulos C.A., Rafailidis P., Smaragdakis G. This paper was presented in Session 3M6 on High Voltage Engineering and Dielectrics.

The BCP Best Poster Prize was awarded to

Mr. Yuhki Abe

from Tohoku University, Japan for a paper entitled "A Study of the Energy Function Method for the Park Generator Model", authors Abe Y., Tanaka K. This paper was presented in Session POS1.