Two EU-funded energy research projects are holding their first workshop in Berlin today addressing technical challenges for the future European grid.
The Massive Integration Of Power Electronic Devices (MIGRATE) and Progress On Meshed HVDC Offshore Transmission Networks (PROMOTION) projects are funded within the framework of the EU research programme HORIZON 2020.
Each project is concerned with different aspects of integrating increasing levels of intermittent renewable energy generation into grids.
The workshop will focus on the technical challenges of operating a future energy system with substantially lower system inertia, compared with today.
Policymakers, industry executives and academia are expected to attend.
The workshop will discuss criteria regarding future system requirements for grid stability and will also cover technological developments in the areas of protection and control systems, as well as regulatory issues.
Possible opportunities to enable the increasing share of offshore wind energy to play a role in securing the grid stability will also talked about.
Tennet is leading the MIGRATE project consortium, which includes European grid operators from countries including Estonia, Germany, Iceland, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain and the UK, plus manufacturers of power electronics and control systems, including GE and Schneider Electric.
The aim of MIGRATE is to develop technologies to progressively adjust high voltage alternate current system operations.
PROMOTION’s project consortium, which is coordinated by DNV GL, includes high voltage direct current cable manufacturers and grid operators linked to the North Sea, plus wind turbine suppliers, and offshore wind developers.