The Tianjin 2014 Symposium on Microgrids: A meeting of the minds for international microgrid experts

The current status of international microgrid research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) was on display and open for review and debate in Tianjin, China, 13?14 ?November 2014 at the Tianjin 2014 Symposium on Microgrids. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (U.S. DOE-OE) and the Energy Foundation, organized by Tianjin University, Hefei University of Technology, and supported by other generous sponsors, the tenth in the influential series of microgrid symposiums was held at the Geneva Grand Hotel. Broad international participation was achieved, with 106 attendees from 18 countries (Figure 1). There were 26 technical presentations by speakers from around the globe as well as a panel session on standards development and technical tours to the Tianjin ?Eco-City sustainable city development, Tianjin University?s Microgrid Laboratory, and the Yanqing dc microgrid near Beijing. The formal welcome was offered by Zhipeng Liang, deputy director of the ?Renewable Energy Department, Chinese National Energy Administration.