EPE Association: EPE 2013 - LS1a: Industrial session: Power Electronics for the Grid

EPE 2013 - LS1a: Industrial session: Power Electronics for the Grid
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   A roadmap to the development of the Supergrid
By Norman MACLEOD [View]
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Abstract: The EPE’13 – ECCE Europe-team regrets to inform you that this full paper was not uploaded beforethe final deadline. As a consequence, this paper could not be included in these proceedings.

   Cable technologies for HVDC connections and interconnections
By Pierre MIREBEAU [View]
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Abstract: Transmission HVDC power Insulated cables are essential links in the frame of HVDC connections (inside a coutry) and interconnections (between two countries). Depending on the power to transmit, voltage, installation conditions, type of converter, different technologies are available and a global optimisation is possible. Cables cannot be considered without accessories: joints, GIS terminations and outdoor terminations. Usually extruded cables systems (cables and accessories) are preferred regardingland applications up to 320kV. On the other hand, lapped mass impregnated cables are preferredregarding submarine installation, up to 600kV. The author with present a panorama of the cablesystems, compare their properties, and present the standardisation - qualification scope of the differenttechnological options.

   Cigre and Trends in Power Electronics for the Grid
By Bjarne ANDERSEN [View]
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Abstract: Cigre is an international organisation which focuses on all aspects of power generation anddelivery. Cigre is open for membership for engineers, practitioners and others interested inthis technology, its application, and its impact on economics and the environment Thispaper provides a brief description of Cigre.Cigre’s work is directed by the Technical Committee, which directs 16 different studycommittees, which each has a number of Working Group, in which international expertscarry out the set tasks, defined in a Terms of Reference. This paper gives a brief overviewof SC B4, which operates in the area of HVDC and Power Electronics, and whose activitiestherefore may be of interest to EPE.The paper concludes with a brief description of the present state of the art in the field ofHVDC and equipment in the area of Flexible AC Transmission (FACTS), and some of thedevelopments which are taking place in this areas.

   Medgrid - An industrial initiative for the development of interconnections between the Mediterranean power grids
By Philippe ADAM, Jean KOWAL [View]
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Abstract: This paper gives first a brief history of the development studies of the Mediterranean transmission grid, and a brief summary of the conclusions of the most recent project studies in the region. Then the paper introduces the Medgrid industrial initiative which aims to promote and facilitate the development of the Mediterranean transmission system to support the implementation of the Mediterranean Solar Plan and to contribute to the recent objectives of the European Commission regarding renewable energies. In connection with other initiatives interested in the development of power exchanges between the countries of the South and East of the Mediterranean and Europe, Medgrid proposes a global approach to coordinate the future transmission infrastructure projects around and through the Mediterranean. This global approach adds value to the bilateral initiatives to build new transmission facilities across the sea, by assessing and comparing the feasibility and profitability of all the possible transmission infrastructure corridors and projects in the Mediterranean region. Medgrid aims to elaborate a Mediterranean grid development plan for the 2020-2025 time horizon which is the horizon set up by the Mediterranean Solar Plan to reach 5 GW exports from the countries of the South and East of the Mediterranean to Europe, out of 20 GW of renewable energy to be generated in these countries. To achieve this Mediterranean grid development plan, Medgrid is considering the national demand profiles and power generation mixes of all the countries, and the potential benefits resulting from power exchanges between these countries, should the appropriate transmission infrastructures exist. The gains on the global generation mix are compared with the cost of investment and operation of new transmission infrastructures which are necessary to make those gains possible. As a result, Medgrid will propose a list of infrastructures whose expected gains justify their development costs. Several scenarios of evolution of the costs of conventional and renewable energy generation are considered, and an original approach is followed to consider grid corridors rather than individual transmission infrastructure projects.

EPE 2013 - LS1a: Industrial session: Power Electronics for the Grid
You are here: EPE Documents > 01 - EPE & EPE ECCE Conference Proceedings > EPE 2013 ECCE Europe - Conference > EPE 2013 - Industrial Sessions > EPE 2013 - LS1a: Industrial session: Power Electronics for the Grid
	[return to parent folder]

	A roadmap to the development of the Supergrid By Norman MACLEOD	[View] [Download]
Abstract: The EPE’13 – ECCE Europe-team regrets to inform you that this full paper was not uploaded beforethe final deadline. As a consequence, this paper could not be included in these proceedings.

	Cable technologies for HVDC connections and interconnections By Pierre MIREBEAU	[View] [Download]
Abstract: Transmission HVDC power Insulated cables are essential links in the frame of HVDC connections (inside a coutry) and interconnections (between two countries). Depending on the power to transmit, voltage, installation conditions, type of converter, different technologies are available and a global optimisation is possible. Cables cannot be considered without accessories: joints, GIS terminations and outdoor terminations. Usually extruded cables systems (cables and accessories) are preferred regardingland applications up to 320kV. On the other hand, lapped mass impregnated cables are preferredregarding submarine installation, up to 600kV. The author with present a panorama of the cablesystems, compare their properties, and present the standardisation - qualification scope of the differenttechnological options.

	Cigre and Trends in Power Electronics for the Grid By Bjarne ANDERSEN	[View] [Download]
Abstract: Cigre is an international organisation which focuses on all aspects of power generation anddelivery. Cigre is open for membership for engineers, practitioners and others interested inthis technology, its application, and its impact on economics and the environment Thispaper provides a brief description of Cigre.Cigre’s work is directed by the Technical Committee, which directs 16 different studycommittees, which each has a number of Working Group, in which international expertscarry out the set tasks, defined in a Terms of Reference. This paper gives a brief overviewof SC B4, which operates in the area of HVDC and Power Electronics, and whose activitiestherefore may be of interest to EPE.The paper concludes with a brief description of the present state of the art in the field ofHVDC and equipment in the area of Flexible AC Transmission (FACTS), and some of thedevelopments which are taking place in this areas.

	Medgrid - An industrial initiative for the development of interconnections between the Mediterranean power grids By Philippe ADAM, Jean KOWAL	[View] [Download]
Abstract: This paper gives first a brief history of the development studies of the Mediterranean transmission grid, and a brief summary of the conclusions of the most recent project studies in the region. Then the paper introduces the Medgrid industrial initiative which aims to promote and facilitate the development of the Mediterranean transmission system to support the implementation of the Mediterranean Solar Plan and to contribute to the recent objectives of the European Commission regarding renewable energies. In connection with other initiatives interested in the development of power exchanges between the countries of the South and East of the Mediterranean and Europe, Medgrid proposes a global approach to coordinate the future transmission infrastructure projects around and through the Mediterranean. This global approach adds value to the bilateral initiatives to build new transmission facilities across the sea, by assessing and comparing the feasibility and profitability of all the possible transmission infrastructure corridors and projects in the Mediterranean region. Medgrid aims to elaborate a Mediterranean grid development plan for the 2020-2025 time horizon which is the horizon set up by the Mediterranean Solar Plan to reach 5 GW exports from the countries of the South and East of the Mediterranean to Europe, out of 20 GW of renewable energy to be generated in these countries. To achieve this Mediterranean grid development plan, Medgrid is considering the national demand profiles and power generation mixes of all the countries, and the potential benefits resulting from power exchanges between these countries, should the appropriate transmission infrastructures exist. The gains on the global generation mix are compared with the cost of investment and operation of new transmission infrastructures which are necessary to make those gains possible. As a result, Medgrid will propose a list of infrastructures whose expected gains justify their development costs. Several scenarios of evolution of the costs of conventional and renewable energy generation are considered, and an original approach is followed to consider grid corridors rather than individual transmission infrastructure projects.