The Vice Presidency of Energy Technologies represented Turkey internationally with topics ranging from digitalization to solar forecasts and artificial intelligence-based failure analysis.
The 5th Regional Conference of CIGRE South East European Regional Council (SEERC), one of Europe's leading technical events in the field of electrical systems and energy technologies, was held in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina in 2025. Experts from TÜBİTAK Marmara Research Center (MAM) Energy Technologies Vice Presidency represented Turkey at the conference with three separate papers.
As part of the oral presentations, the paper "Digitalization Challenges for Hydropower Plants - Insights from a Drinking Water Recovery Example" presented by Mehmet Akif Bütüner shed light on the challenges faced in the digitalization of hydropower plants through energy recovery in drinking water networks. The paper was co-authored by Doğan Gezer, Surya Teja Kandukuri, Rune Schlanbusch and Lars Kristian Vognild.
The second oral presentation was made by Yusuf Yanık. The study titled "The Solar Power Generation Forecast Methodology for Secure System Operation with Highly Distributed Power Generation" presented forecasting methods that will ensure secure grid operation in systems with increased distributed solar power generation. The paper was presented jointly with S. Eren, M. Bilgen and U. Yılmaz.
The third study in the poster presentation category was presented by Mehmet Akif Bütüner. In this paper titled "Learning-based Fine-grained Root Cause Classification for Power System Events", an innovative approach was presented that examines the causes of events occurring in power systems with artificial intelligence-supported classification methods. The paper was prepared by Umut Güvengir, Dilek Küçük and Mahmut Keleş.
With these presentations, TÜBİTAK MAM continues to share its scientific and technological know-how in strategic areas such as digitalization in energy systems, predictive analysis and renewable resource management at the international level.
