Under the patronage of the President of the Northern Technical University, Prof. Dr. Alia Abbas Ali Al-Attar, and under the supervision of the Dean of the Technical Institute of Mosul, Assistant Professor Shahla Abdel-Wahab Abdel-Qader, the Department of Electrical Technology organized a workshop entitled (High Voltage Systems for DC Energy Transmission) in which a number of the institute’s and department’s employees participated, and gave a lecture in it Dr. Maen Abdel Rahman Gerges.

The workshop dealt with the identification of high-voltage direct current (HVDC) power transmission systems in terms of their types and principle of operation, and their advantages over alternating current transmission (HVAC), in addition to identifying the parts of the system.

The workshop touched on the fact that the high voltage direct current is an electrical power transmission system that uses the connected current to transmit a large amount of electrical energy, unlike other common systems that use alternating current. This system is best suited for distributing electric current over long distances, with fewer losses.

The importance of the workshop was:

1. The possibility of transporting long distances at a much lower cost than transporting alternating current.
2. Connecting asynchronous networks, especially of different frequencies.
3. Energy transfer across oceans and seas.