International

International Conferences

  • A. Prévost, R. Delpoux, V. Léchappé, K. Latoufis and X. Brun, “Experimental Comparison of Passive and Synchronous Rectification on a Locally Manufactured Small Wind Turbine,” 2023 6th International Conference on Renewable Energy for Developing Countries (REDEC), Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon, 2023, pp. 84-89 – PDF
  • J. Alber, L. Assfalg, C. Nayeri, C. Paschereit, M. Lahr, L. Semmler, J. Twele, J. Fortmann, J. Fischer, K. Latoufis and I. Dorn, “3D printed rotor blades for a research wind turbine: Aerodynamic and structural design and testing”, The Science of Making Torque from Wind (TORQUE 2022), Delft, Netherlands, 1st-3rd June 2022 – PDF
  • K. Latoufis, A. Vassilakis, I. Katsambiris and N. Hatziargyriou, “Design and Testing of Passive Filters for Acoustic Noise Mitigation in Locally Manufactured Small Wind Turbines,” 2021 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica, 23rd-27th August 2021 – PDF
  • K. Latoufis, G. Serafeim, K. Chira, V. Riziotis, S. Voutsinas and N. Hatziargyriou, “Holistic Design of Small-scale Stand-alone Wind Energy Conversion Systems Using Locally Manufactured Small Wind Turbines”, The Science of Making Torque from Wind (TORQUE 2020), Delft, Netherlands, September 28th – October 2nd 2020 – PDF
  • K. Latoufis and A. Tympas, “Makeshift Engineering: Developing Design Rules-of-Thumb while Maintaining and Repairing Locally Manufactured Small Wind Turbines”, European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) and Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Joint Conference, Prague, 18-21st August 2020
  • K. Latoufis and A. Tympas, “Makeshift Engineering: Mastering the art of locally manufactured small wind turbines”, Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) Annual Meeting, Milan, 24-27th October 2019
  • A. Troullaki, K. Latoufis, P. Marques, F. Freire and N. Hatziargyriou, “Life Cycle Assessment of Locally Manufactured Small Wind Turbines and Pico-Hydro Plants,” 2019 International Conference on Smart Energy Systems and Technologies (SEST), Porto, Portugal, 2019, pp. 1-6 – PDF
  • K. Latoufis, A. Rontogiannis, V. Riziotis and S. Voutsinas, “Experimental investigation of airfoil aerodynamics at low Reynolds numbers and comparison with numerical simulation tools used in small wind turbine design”, Wind Energy Science Conference 2019, Cork, Ireland, June 16-20th 2019
  • K. Latoufis and A. Tympas, “Makeshift Engineering: A ‘low-tech high-science’ path to mastering the art of locally manufactured small wind turbines”, Nordic STS Conference, Tampere, Finland, 13-14th June 2019
  • K. Latoufis, V. Riziotis, S. Voutsinas and N. Hatziargyriou, “Effects of Leading Edge Erosion on the Power Performance and Acoustic Noise Emissions of Locally Manufactured Small Wind Turbine Blades”, WindEurope Conference & Exhibition 2019, Bilbao, Spain, April 1-4th 2019
  • K. Latoufis, A. Konstantinidis, S. Giala-Fikari and N. Hatziargyriou, “Comparison of Coreless and Soft Magnetic Composite Core Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Generators for Locally Manufactured Pico-Hydro Plants”, IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), Chennai, India, December 18-21st 2018 – PDF
  • K. Troullaki,, S. Rozakis, K. Latoufis, F. Freire, “Sustainability of local manufacture and local maintenance of small wind turbines in remote areas”, 167th EAAE Seminar ‘European Agriculture and the Transition to Bioeconomy’, Pulawy, Poland, September 24-25th 2018
  • K. Latoufis, A. Vassilakis and N. Hatziargyriou, “Hybrid PV/Wind Minigrids for Rural Community Energy Projects: Case Studies in Ethiopia and Nepal”, 15th Symposium on Microgrids, Bucharest, Romania, September 2-6th 2018 – PDF
  • K. Latoufis, A. Rontogiannis, V. Karatasos, P. Markopoulos and N. Hatziargyriou, “Thermal and Structural Design of Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Generators for Locally Manufactured Small Wind Turbines”, XXIIIth International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM’2018), Alexandroupoli, Greece, September 3-6th 2018 – PDF
  • K. Latoufis, A. Tympas, “Makeshift Engineering: Practising the Craft of Locally Manufactured Small Wind Turbines”, European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) 2018 Conference, Lancaster, UK, 25-28th July 2018 – PDF
  • K. Latoufis, T. Pazios, K. Chira, N. Korres and N. Hatziargyriou, “Open Design and Local Manufacturing of Small Wind Turbines: Case Studies in Ethiopia and Nepal”, IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, June 26-29th 2018 – PDF
  • K. Latoufis, A. Tympas, “Makeshift Engineering: Resilience through Adaptive Design in Locally Manufactured Small Wind Turbines”, 17th Annual STS Conference, Graz, Austria 7-8th May 2018
  • K. Latoufis, A. Tympas, “The Answer is Blowing in the Wind: Grassroots Technological Networks of Wind Energy”, Radical Hope: Inspiring Sustainability Transformations through Our Past, Rachel Carson Center, Munich, Germany, 3-4th July 2017
  • K. Latoufis, A. Troullaki, T. Pazios and N. Hatziargyriou, “Design of Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Generators Using Various Magnetic Materials in Locally Manufactured Small Wind Turbines”, XXIIth International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM’2016), September 2016 – PDF
  • Latoufis, K., Pazios, T., & Hatziargyriou, N., “Assessment of locally manufactured small wind turbine technology”, CIGRE/IEC International Symposium, Cape Town, South Africa, October 26-30th, 2015 – PDF
  • A. Dimitriou, P. Kotsampopoulos, N. Hatziargyriou, “Electrifying rural areas in developing countries: Best practices and case study of hybrid system”, CIGRE/IEC International Symposium, Cape Town, South Africa, October 2015
  • P. Kotsampopoulos, “Best Practices of Rural Electrification in Developing Countries”, 11th Symposium on Microgrids, Aalborg, Denmark, August 2015 – PDF
  • P. Kotsampopoulos, “Sustainable communities”, Panel Session at the 11th Symposium on Microgrids, Aalborg, Denmark, August 2015 – PDF
  • A. Vassilakis, G. Messinis, V. Kleftakis, K. Latoufis, T. Pazios, N. Hatziargyriou, “Small community Test site: Meltemi”, 6th International Conference on Integration of Renewable and Distributed Energy Resources, IRED, Japan, November 2014 – PDF

  • V. Kleftakis, A. Rigas, C.N. Papadimitriou, N. Katsoulakos, P. Moutis, N. Hatziargyriou, “Contribution to frequency control by a PMSG Wind Turbine in a Diesel-Wind Turbine microgrid for rural electrification”, 9th Mediterranean Conference on Power Generation, Transmission Distribution and Energy Conversion (MedPower), Athens, November 2014 – PDF

  • A. Dimitriou, P. Kotsampopoulos, N. Hatziargyriou, “Best Practices of Rural Electrification in Developing Countries”, 9th Mediterranean Conference on Power Generation, Transmission Distribution and Energy Conversion (MedPower), Athens, November 2014 – PDF

  • G. Messinis, K. Latoufis, N. Hatziargyriou, “Design, Construction and Cost Minimization of a Coreless Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Generator for Small Wind Turbine Applications”, 7th Int. PV-Hybrid and Mini-Grid Conference, Bad Hersfeld, Germany, 10-11th April 2014 – PDF
  • G. Messinis, K. Latoufis, N. Hatziargyriou, “Design aspects of coreless axial flux permanent magnet generators for low cost small wind turbine applications”, EWEA 2014, Barcelona, Spain, March 2014 – PDF
  • P. Kotsampopoulos, V. Kleftakis, G. Messinis, N. Hatziargyriou, “Design, development and operation of a PHIL environment for Distributed Energy Resources”, 38th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON’2012), October 25-28 2012, Montreal, Canada – PDF
  • K. Latoufis, “Open source hardware small wind turbines as a technology for sustainable degrowth”, 3rd International Conference on Degrowth Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity , Venice, 19-23 September 2012 – PDF
  • K. Latoufis, A. Gravas, G. Messinis, N. Hatziargyriou, “Performance of locally manufactured small wind turbines for rural electrification applications ”, 7th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems – SDEWES, Ohrid, 1-6 July 2012 – PDF
  • K. Latoufis, A. Gravas, G. Messinis, N. Korres, N. Hatziargyriou, “Locally manufactured open source hardware small wind turbines for sustainable rural electrification”, 3rd World Summit for Small Wind, Husum, Germany, 15-16 March 2012 – PDF
  • P. Kotsampopoulos, G. Messinis, A. Gkravas, K. Latoufis, N. Hatziargyriou, “Design, construction, simulation and performance of axial flux small wind turbines”, EWEA 2011, Brussels, Belgium, March 2011 – PDF
  • K. Latoufis, P. Kotsampopoulos, “Design, construction and simulation of a small scale axial flux wind turbine”, International Workshop on Small Scale Wind Energy for Developing Countries, Pokhara, Nepal, November 2010 – PDF