Abstract
The 2nd Symposium on Power Grid Integration of Wind Energy was held in Terrassa (Barcelona), on September 7th 2009, and it was celebrated in the framework of the Vestas Power Programme.
In this event renowned researchers and experts in the field of wind power, energy conversion, power systems, grid integration and energy storage presented in three tracks the main advances, challenges and trends in these areas. The participants of the Vestas Power Programme participated as well in the Symposium presenting the main results obtained in the framework of their research.
The symposium was technically sponsored by IEEE IAS / IES / PELS Danish Chapter, and chaired by the VPP coordinators: Remus Teodorescu (IET), Philip C. Kjær (Vestas) and Pedro Rodriguez (UPC). Veatas, the City Hall of Terrassa and the MICINN were the financial sponsors of the event.