News and events

08 Sep 2025

Distinguished Professor Qing-Long Han Visits ISSERC to Foster International Research Collaboration

The AUT Intelligent Systems and Sustainable Energy Research Centre (ISSERC) was honoured to host Distinguished Professor Qing-Long Han during his academic visit from 6 September to 10 September 2025.

03 Sep 2025

Centre Hosts Distinguished Invited Talk on Hybrid AC/DC Smart Grids

The AUT Intelligent Systems and Sustainable Energy Research Centre (ISSERC), led by Centre Director Dr Boda Ning, successfully hosted a distinguished invited talk on 3 September 2025 at AUT WZ Building, featuring internationally renowned smart grid researcher Professor Abhisek Ukil from The University of Auckland, New Zealand.

13 Aug 2024

CFPER hosts Professor Carlos Reusser Franck from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile

The Centre for Future Power and Energy Research (CFPER) recently had the honour of hosting Professor Carlos Reusser Franck from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile, on 1 August 2024.

13 Aug 2024

CFPER hosts talk on potential collaboration opportunities with Universitas Andalas

The Centre for Future Power and Energy Research (CFPER) recently hosted a talk introducing Universitas Andalas with a focus on the Faculty of Engineering on 25 July 2024.

13 Aug 2024

18th International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems (PMAPS 2024)

The 18th International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems (PMAPS 2024) was held at Auckland University of Technology on 24-26 June 2024.

02 May 2024

Presentation on energy management strategies for self-consumption of PV energy in buildings conducted

The AUT IEEE Student Branch and the Centre for Future Power and Energy Research (CFPER) organised a technical presentation on energy management strategies for self-consumption of PV energy in buildings conducted by Prof. Haritza Camblong.

Research Networking with and Training from CFPER’s recent PhD graduate

15 Dec 2023

Recap of the research centre activities in 2023

CFPER researchers are successfully ending the academic year 2023 and looking forward to the new year for more exciting activities.

15 Dec 2023

Distinguished Lecture by Professor Anurag Srivastava

The Centre for Future Power and Energy Research (CFPER) and AUT IEEE Student Branch organised an IEEE IAS Distinguished Lecture on Enabling Power Grid Resiliency in DER-Rich Environment conducted by Professor Anurag Srivastava.

01 Dec 2023

The 5th International Conference on DC Microgrids (ICDCM 2023)

The 5th International Conference on DC Microgrids took place from 15 to 17 November 2023, at Auckland University of Technology. CFPER’s Director, Dr Ramon Zamora, served as a technical co-chair for the conference.

01 Dec 2023

New Zealand Power and Energy Collaboratory Research Workshop at ISGT Asia 2023

The New Zealand Power and Energy Collaboratory Research Workshop took place on 20 November 2023, at the University of Auckland. The workshop consisted of 5-minute elevator pitch sessions from postgraduate students across NZ.

02 Nov 2023

CFPER welcomes visiting scholars

CFPER research community warmly welcomes Prof Haritza Camblong and A/Prof Roberto Fernandez who recently joined the research centre as visiting scholars to engage in collaborative research with our researchers.

20 Sep 2023

Research Networking with and Training from CFPER’s recent PhD graduate

Our most recent PhD graduate, Dr Xin Lin, visited the research centre and shared his experiences with the current PhD students.

20 Sep 2023

AUT Research Week

During AUT’s Research Week, our research centre director, Dr Ramon Zamora, presented an overview of the research work conducted in collaboration with the Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre.

20 Sep 2023

Visit of Polish business representatives to the research centre

The trade mission of the Polish green tech companies to New Zealand, organised by the GreenEvo- Green Technology Accelerator, took place on 12 September 2023 at AUT.

Group of students in a lab focused on a computer

28 Aug 2023

Hungarian Ambassador visits Centre for Future Power and Energy Research

The Hungarian Ambassador to New Zealand, His Excellency Dr Zsolt Hetesy visited the Centre for Future Power and Energy Research on the 25th of July 2023.

28 Aug 2023

Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre Board visit to AUT

The Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre (BE CRC) Board visit to AUT took place on the 9th and 10th August 2022.

26 Jun 2023

3-day hands-on training on OPAL-RT real time simulation software

The Centre of Future Power and Energy Research (CFPER) students successfully completed a 3-day hands-on training on OPAL-RT real time simulation software.

26 Jun 2023

PhD student Xin Lin successfully defends his PhD thesis

Congratulations to CFPER’s PhD student Xin Lin for successfully defending his PhD thesis "Modelling and Optimization of an Intelligent Home Energy Management System (HEMS) in Microgrid ".