Cable Seminar

This year's cable seminar will take place from 11.06-12.06.2025 (excursion week). The cable seminar will be led by Dr.-Ing M. Stemmle (cable manufacturer NKT). Exciting lectures will be held at the seminar and you will be given insights into the cable industry. By participating, you will earn the fifth credit point of the course "Cables in Electrical Power Supply". Alternatively, you can also have the credit point credited to the Studium Generale. The first day ends for the seminar participants with a joint dinner. Participation in the seminar and the evening event is free of charge.

The cable seminar will take place in 2025 with the following key topics:

•     Design and manufacture of power cables
•     Stationary and transient operating behaviour of cables
•     Planning and implementation of AC cable routes in the extra-high voltage grid
•     Standardisation in the design and planning of HVDC cable systems
•     Planning and realisation of cable laying in large-scale projects
•     Approval of cables, cable testing, commissioning testing
•     Damage analysis of cables and fittings
•     Renewal of urban cable networks, taking into account
      condition and load forecast
•     Challenges in the expansion of the 110 kV cable grid in Berlin
•     Condition assessment, renewal and replacement of external gas pressure and oil cables
•     Use of medium-voltage cables with EPR insulation at a distribution grid operator
•     Safety in underground cable construction