ADOreD's 5th Training School and Consortium meeting

On November 3rd-7th 2025, our ADOreD doctoral candidates attended their 5th Training School at Hitachi Energy in Sweden.

The programme provided new insights into HVDC technology, included relevant industry visits, and gave doctoral candidates the opportunity to present a status update on their research, sharing knowledge and expertise with fellow candidates and industry specialists.

The program included

• A guided tour and informational and practical modules concerning HVDC systems at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm

• A visit to NKT in Västerås

• An outreach workshop at Hitachi Gymnasium

• Individual presentations of project work

• And a visit to Hitachi Energy in Ludvika

Our doctoral candidates were exited for the new knowledge shared during the training school, and stated: 

"𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 - 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥," Germano Mugambi.

"𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘺 Ilka Jahn 𝘢𝘯𝘥 Staffan Norrga 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘒𝘛𝘏 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘝𝘋𝘊 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘝𝘋𝘊 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘋𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴-𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩," Zhenghua XU.