Advancing the future of electricity systems in Alberta.
The Alberta Power Industry Innovation Centre is a university-based research hub connecting the province's electricity sector with the researchers working on its hardest problems — from renewable integration and grid analytics to the people who will operate the system next.
“A university-based research hub advancing the future of electricity systems in Alberta.”
Research with industry
Work shaped by the people who run the system
Open exchange
Forums and workshops that publish what they produce
The next generation
Students working on real problems from the grid
Where the sector and the university meet
Three recurring programs, each with a different audience — a sector-wide annual forum, focused technical workshops for practitioners, and a student hackathon built on real grid problems.
APIC Forum
The Centre's flagship annual gathering for Alberta's electricity sector.
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Focused technical sessions on a single topic, run through the year.
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A student competition building working solutions to real grid problems.
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The grid is changing faster than the tools that run it.
Alberta's electricity system is absorbing renewable and distributed generation, new operating constraints, and a rising volume of measurement data. The Centre exists to work those problems alongside the utilities and operators facing them, rather than at a distance from them.
- Grid integration of renewable and distributed energy
- Data analytics and AI applied to system operation
- Technical exchange between operators and researchers
- Training the engineers the sector will need next
Working on something that belongs in front of the Centre?
Whether it's a research question, a programme enquiry, or an interest in taking part, send a note and we'll point it to the right person.
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