) conclusions.Developments in Power Systems LaboratoriesA systematic review about laboratory education in contemporary power engineering waspresented in a panel session of IEEE Power Engineering Society Summer Meeting in 2000 [1, 2,3]. The work presents the role of laboratory education in power engineering, the experience ofthe classical power systems laboratory. To meet the requirements of future power systemsengineering, the authors pointed out the important capabilities of a future power systemslaboratory: (1) to support distance learning courses, (2) to run in open lab fashion, and (3) totarget multi-dimensional engineers instead of only classical power systems engineers.A virtual laboratory for power systems is built on advanced computer simulation, animation