Andrii Chub

Technology presentation and demonstration. Andrei Blinov and Hans Anniste presented UbiCharge, a solution for electric-vehicle charging using street-lighting infrastructure. The event combined a project presentation with an on-site demonstration under the theme “Re-thinking Urban/City EV Charging.” Venue: TalTech, NRG-131 and the demonstration site.

Invited lecture. Andrii Chub: Partial Power Processing for Ultra-Efficient DC Microgrids.

IEEE IES Distinguished Lecture. Dmitri Vinnikov: Power Electronics as the Enabling Technology for Buildings Decarbonization. Hosted by the University of Bologna with support from the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society and its Italy Chapter.

Invited webinar presentation. Niwton Gabriel Feliciani dos Santos: DC Solutions for the Integration of Buildings and Energy Resources. Presented at the IEEE IES webinar “Power Electronics as a Key Enabling Technology for Building Decarbonization.”

Shaping DC Future – Estonia’s Outlook. The workshop brought together policymakers, industry representatives and researchers. TalTech presentations by Dmitri Vinnikov, Andrei Blinov and Andrii Chub covered DC buildings, street lighting, opportunity V2G charging and the Residential DC Innovation Hub. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmSEXOZXznA

Industrial Electronics in Future DC-based Electrification. The seminar combined research and industry presentations on DC electrification with doctoral mentoring and Baltic collaboration activities. It was organized by the IEEE Estonia IES/PELS/IAS/PES Joint Chapter together with TalTech’s Power Electronics Group and ENER.

Public outreach and technology demonstrations. The event combined Indrek Roasto’s open lecture on the return of direct current, student project presentations, and demonstrations at the TalTech Residential DC Innovation Hub.

Keynote lecture. Conference: 2026 IEEE 67th International Scientific Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON) Tanel Jalakas: Residential DC Microgrid Protection Methods

Doctoral school and industrial seminar The program focused on doctoral research as a driver of green innovation and power electronics for sustainable electrification. Topics included advanced power converters, energy-efficient data center power supplies, residential DC microgrids, and technology transfer through university–industry partnerships. The school also highlighted 20 years of research and innovation by the TalTech

Invited presentation Andrei Blinov: Alalisvool: tänavavalgustuse järgmine arenguetapp