Keeping up with the times: IEEE Power becomes Power & Energy

The IEEE’s oldest society, Power Engineering, has changed its name to the IEEE Power & Energy Society. The announcement explains:

"The society’s 22 000 members voted for the change after the society’s review of industry trends showed an increased focus on power and energy topics such as global warming and climate change, renewable energy sources, distributed power generation, and energy efficiency. In addition, surveys of its members and feedback from student focus groups concluded, among other things, that the previous name conjured up an old-fashioned image and the society’s offerings were not relevant to practicing engineers."

Maybe this blog should become Power&EnergySource…

Thanks to Martin Rowe for the link.