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Open access simulation toolbox for the grid connection of offshore wind farms using multi-terminal HVDC networks

Abstract

Decarbonisation of the European electricity system can become dauntingly costly due to transmission and distribution network issues arising from the integration of intermittent renewable generation sources. It is expected that wind energy will be the principal renewable source by 2050 and, as such, a number of initiatives in the academia and in the industry are being carried out to propose solutions to best accommodate the wind resource. This paper presents work carried out by DEMO 1 partners within the EU FP7 project BEST PATHS. A MATLAB/Simulink toolbox consisting of the necessary building blocks for the simulation and integration of offshore wind farms using enabling technologies such as multiterminal high-voltage direct-current grids is presented. To illustrate the toolbox capabilities, a number of system topologies is studied. System performance is assessed and measured against a set of key performance indicators. To ensure knowledge dissemination, the toolbox has been made available as open access in the BEST PATHS project website.
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Category

Academic chapter

Language

Other

Author(s)

  • Carlos Ernesto Ugalde-Loo
  • Oluwole Daniel Adeuyi
  • Sheng Wang
  • Jun Liang
  • Nick E. Jenkins
  • Salvador J. Ceballos
  • Mario G. Santos
  • I. Vidaurrazaga
  • Salvatore D'Arco
  • Gilbert Bergna Diaz
  • Marta Barenys
  • Max Alexander Parker
  • Stephen Jon Finney
  • Antonio Gatti
  • Andrea Pitto
  • Marco Rapizza
  • Diego Cirio
  • Per E. Lund
  • A. Castro
  • I. Azpiri

Affiliation

  • SINTEF Energy Research / Energisystemer
  • Denmark
  • Spain
  • Tecnalia
  • Cardiff University
  • University of Strathclyde

Year

2017

Publisher

IET Digital Library

Book

13th IET International Conference on AC and DC Power Transmission - ACDC 2017

ISBN

9781785614224

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