Project Description
Context
The European Commission has defined plans for the development of renewable energies to reach climate neutrality by 2050.
This change in production of electricity from fossil fuels to wind and solar power generation will lead to dramatic changes in power flows across AC transmission networks.
High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) is increasingly being recognized as the most effective technology to handle the transport of this energy.
Challenges
A wide range of issues can affect the reliability and resilience of the electricity network
Equipment Failure
Climate & extreme weather impacts
Technology Changes
Increased operational complexity
System User's Actions
Actions of malicious actors
Solutions
The future European power system will need to consider new sources of vulnerability as the integration of RES, HVDC, and PE increases
Adequacy
Prevention of adverse outcomesSecurity
Containment of adverse outcomesWithstand Disasters & Recovery
from adverse outcomes
Adapted HVDC configuration design
New HVDC supporting technologies
Dedicated control & protection actions
HVDC opportunities to increase system reliability and resilience
Milestones/Objectives
- Develop a complete reliability-&-resilience-oriented planning toolset with appropriate representation of different HVDC-based grid architecture concepts in hybrid AC/DC grids
- Identify, propose and compare different HVDC-based grid architecture concepts aiming to address TSOs’ reliability and resilience needs for widespread AC/DC systems
- Identify and assess emerging technologies for HVDC-based grid architecture concepts needed for the deployment of widespread AC/DC transmission grids
- Validate the toolset and grid architecture in an industrially relevant environment
- Prepare for the adoption and deployment of these proposed solutions by the industry
Benefits
The results of the project will strongly contribute to the design of the future European energy system.