Power Networks Research Academy

自20世纪90年代初以来，由于私有化、重组和其他部门的机会增加，在电力部门工作的工程师人数稳步减少。这导致了行业中不利的年龄结构和预期的未来赤字。这种情况得到了认可，并于2004年成立了IET电力学院（PA），利用16家合作电力公司提供的慷慨奖学金，吸引有能力和有动力的学生到选定的大学学习电力工程课程。与电力行业的工程人员数量下降相对应的是，该领域以大学为基础的研究也缩小到了最低限度，可用于教授本科生和进行研究的学术人员越来越少。电力工程师数量的减少不可避免地影响了在本科和研究生阶段教授电力工程课程的学术和研究人员的可用性。与此特别相关的将是Power Academy和其他本土学生，以及英国传统上强大的海外市场。*在英国提供电网工程研究解决方案，以应对电网更新带来的挑战，政府低碳政策的影响，并确保未来网络的弹性。该申请旨在创建电网研究学院（PNRA），将为英国大学部门提供未来的学术/研究人员供应。通过授予博士奖学金，PNRA将建立有效的机制，使电网公司和相关制造商和供应商能够与大学有效合作，帮助资助和支持所需的研究领域。因此，PNRA和PA有一个共同的目标，但目标不同，那就是培养未来的电力工程师。预期方案将为建立国家规划研究所提供一个有用的模板，在第一次申请资金时，参与方案的大学将同样成为国家规划研究所财团的一部分。从工业方面来看，英国输配电网络运营商和制造商都支持这一提议。

Since the early 1990s, there has been a steady reduction in the number of engineers working in this power sector, due to privatisation, restructuring and increased opportunities in other sectors. This has resulted in an unfavourable age profile in the industry and an anticipated future deficit. This situation was recognised and resulted in the creation of the IET Power Academy (PA) in 2004 to attract able and motivated students into power engineering courses at selected universities, using generous scholarships from the 16 partner power companies. Parallel to the engineering workforce decline in the electrical power industry, university-based research has also shrunk to a minimum in this area, with fewer academic staff available to teach undergraduates and perform research. This reduction in the pool of power engineers has inevitably had an impact on the availability of academic and research staff to:* teach electrical power engineering courses at undergraduate and taught post-graduate level. Of particular relevance here will be Power Academy and other home students as well as the overseas market in which the UK has been traditionally strong.* provide power networks engineering research solutions in the UK to respond to the challenges arising from power grid renewal, the impact of government low carbon policies, and to ensure future network resilience.This application for the creation of the Power Networks Research Academy (PNRA) will provide a future supply of academic/research staff for the UK university sector. The PNRA, by awarding PhD scholarships, will establish effective mechanisms to enable power network companies and related manufacturers and suppliers to work effectively with universities in helping to fund and support needed areas of research. The PNRA and the PA, thus, have a common aim, but with different destinations, of providing future electrical power engineers. It is anticipated that the PA offers a useful template for the establishment of the PNRA and, in this first application for funding, the universities involved in the PA will, similarly, be part of the PNRA consortium. From the industrial side, UK transmission and distribution network operators as well as manufacturers are supporting this proposal.