Inter-oPEn’s is a doctoral network supported by the Horizon Europe MSCA program.
Inter-oPEn aims at educating and training highly qualified researchers and address power-electronic (PE) assets’ interoperability in modern power networks.
Highlights

Inter-oPEn shines at CIGRE NGN Belgium Presentation Competition
Inter-oPEn Doctoral Candidate Emmanuel Sule has been awarded first prize at the CIGRE Belgium Next Generation Network (NGN) Presentation Competition. Inter-oPEn congratulates Emmanuel on this achievement and thanks the CIGRE Belgium NGN organisers for providing an excellent platform for knowledge exchange, networking, and professional development. We also congratulate all presenters and prize winners for their contributions to the event’s success.

Inter-oPEn Doctoral Candidates participated in ECCE Europe 2026!
We are pleased to highlight that two of our doctoral candidates, Emmanuel Sule (KUL) and Mahnoor Hassan (KIT), presented their research at the ECCE Europe 2026!
“Energy Conversion Congress and Expo Europe 2026, held in Valencia (14 to 18 September), was a fantastic opportunity to share our latest research and engage with the global power electronics community.” – Emmanuel Sule

Musa Mathew (RWTH IAEW) Academic Secondment at Delft University of Technology: Towards Interoperable Grid-Forming HVDC Systems through Multi-Port Impedance Frameworks.
As part of the Inter-oPEn project, doctoral researcher Musa Mathew completed an academic secondment at Delft University of Technology. Read the article to find out about his experiences.
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