Our Team

Simon Wenig is an engineer in electrical and information technology with a professional experience of more than 10 years. He has extensive knowledge in the field of electrical power engineering, with a focus on high-voltage direct current transmission and the dynamic behavior of large-scale power electronic systems integrated into transmission grids.

Curriculum Vitae

• 2022 - today:
• Co-Founder and managing director of Mosaic Grid Solutions GmbH
• 2018 - 2022:
• Engineer grid stability and grid inte­gration of power electronic assets at TransnetBW GmbH
• Main activities: technical speci­fications, tenders, system studies, concepts to avoid undesired inter­actions
• 2013 - 2018:
• Research associate at the Institute for Electrical Energy Systems and High Voltage Technology (KIT IEH). 
• Research focus: high-voltage DC trans­mission based on modular multi­level converter technology, dynamic system behavior
• 2006 - 2013:
• Diploma studies in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) including stays abroad in Singapore and Switzerland
• Focus: Electrical power engineering

Project Experience

At TransnetBW GmbH:

• Ultranet project
• Project information: multiterminal HVDC system based on modular multilevel converter technology with full-bridge submodules in bipolar system configuration with metallic return conductor
• Main activities: process owner grid planning/ system behavior, engineering, system studies, preparation of factory acceptance tests
• SuedLink project
• Project information: ±525 kV HVDC system based on modular multi­level converter technology with half-bridge sub­modules in rigid bipolar system configuration
• Main activities: technical specification, support of tendering phase and evaluation of bidders
• STATCOM Grid-Forming project
• Project information: STATCOM with supercaps, including grid-forming require­ments
• Main activities: process owner grid planning/system behavior, STATCOM-GFM concept develop­ment, technical speci­fication, grid-forming control requir­ements
• Grid Booster project
• Project information: large-scale battery storage, including grid-forming require­ments
• Main activities: process owner grid planning/system behavior, battery storage concept develop­ment, technical speci­fication, grid-forming control require­ments

At KIT IEH:

• Research cooperation with TransnetBW GmbH
• Project information: dynamic and transient behavior of bipolar HVDC systems based on modular multi­level converter technology
• Helmholtz Energy Alliance "Technologies for the Future Energy Grid”
• Project information: concepts, components and control of HVDC grids based on modular multi­level converter technology

Committees and Memberships

• Member Power and Energy Society of the German "Verband der Elektrotechnik, Elektronik und Informationstechnik (VDE)"
• Member "Power and Energy Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)"
• Member of the "Conseil International des Grands Réseaux Électriques (Cigré)"
• Young Member in JWG B4/B1/C4.73 "Surge and extended overvoltage testing of HVDC Cable Systems"
• Corresponding Member in C4.49 "Multi-frequency stability of converter-based modern power systems"
• Full Member in B4.87 "Voltage Source Converter (VSC) HVDC responses to disturbances and faults in AC systems which have low synchronous generation"