Velitsikakis, Kostas

Grid Strategist/Specialist, TenneT TSO, Netherlands

Biography

1. Continuous Monitoring of Transient Overvoltages: Experience in Dutch Transmission System (in English)
2. Lightning Performance Analysis of Standardized 110 kV & 150 kV Substations Based on Modular Design (in English)

Konstantinos (Kostas) Velitsikakis is a Senior Expert in Insulation Coordination and Electromagnetic Transient (EMT) Studies with over 15 years of experience in High and Extra High Voltage power systems. He currently works for TenneT TSO in the Netherlands as an Asset Specialist, being responsible for insulation coordination, surge arresters and instrument transformers. He is an active member of IEC technical committees on instrument transformers and surge arresters, he is actively involved within CIGRE and is chairman of the Dutch National CIGRE Study Committee C4. He is also involved in academia through the supervision of PhD and MSc research projects.