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

In the era of smart grids, energy sustainability, and increasing environmental constraints, many opportunities are emerging for future engineers.Electrical engineering curricula generally contain significant interdisciplinary content, ensuring that electrical engineers are the most versatile of all engineers. The basics of power engineering are absent in practically all of the other curricula associated with industrial engineering and information science. The electric power engineering sector is undergoing significant transformation in preparing an exciting professional future for our students. The uniqueness and peculiarities of the knowledge and skills needed to become an electric power engineer with specific competencies have to be preserved. The IEEE PES and sister societies should intensify the promotion of the professional role of the electric power engineer through the media and social networks