Insulating the all-electric society

Dr Lars E. Schmidt

Dr Lars Erik Schmid has been nominated Chair of IEC Technical Committee 15, which prepares standards for solid electrical insulating materials. His initial tenure will start in June 2024 and continue until 30 June 2030.<_o3a_p>

Lars E. Schmidt works as a Global Product Manager for the insulation product line at Hitachi Energy. His responsibilities cover a diverse range of insulation materials, including cellulose insulation for liquid-filled power transformers; flexible laminates for motors and dry transformers; and composites and hollow-core insulators for various high-voltage applications. He joined Hitachi Energy (formerly known as ABB Powergrids) in 2006. His academic background lies in Materials Science, and he holds a PhD from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne or EPFL.<_o3a_p>

Long involvement in IEC standardization<_o3a_p>

Schmidt has been actively involved with the IEC since 2011. Initially nominated by the Swedish National Committee, he started serving as an expert in IEC TC 15. In 2015, he relocated to Germany and continued his expertise in both TC 15 and TC 112, nominated by Germany's DKE. TC 112 prepares standards for the evaluation and qualification of electrical insulating materials and systems.

From 2016 to 2022, he chaired CIGRE Working Group D1.65 on Mechanical Properties of Insulation Materials for Power Transformers. CIGRE, the International Council on Large Electric Systems, is a Paris-based non-profit in the field of high voltage electricity.<_o3a_p>

"I am excited about the new task, since under the leadership of the previous Chair, Dr Klaussner, TC 15 managed to attract new experts and is well positioned to meet the challenges for standardization of solid electrical insulation. These include different requirement profiles for novel applications of insulation materials such as insulation for electric vehicles," he says.<_o3a_p>

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