Electric Power Engineering Education: Cultivating the Talent in the United Kingdom and Italy to Build the Low-Carbon Economy of the Future

Changes in the power-related industrial and manufaturing landscape of Europe, the restructuring of utilities, and the drive toward a low-carbon economy require the education of engineers with a broader understanding of technology, social behavior, and economics. These men and women need enhanced knowledge and capabilities in leadership, human communication skills, data analysis, business management, and economics, in addition to the classical electrical engineering skills of mathematics, circuit analysis, power systems, energy conversion, data communications, and signal processing, although these still remain the pillars of their education.