Projects
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| Reference Number | NIA_NGSO0019 | |
| Title | Hybrid Grid Forming Converter | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Renewable Energy Sources 50%; Other Power and Storage Technologies(Electric power conversion) 50%; |
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| Research Types | Applied Research and Development 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) 100% | |
| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Project Contact No email address given National Grid plc |
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| Award Type | Network Innovation Allowance | |
| Funding Source | Ofgem | |
| Start Date | 01 November 2018 | |
| End Date | 01 November 2019 | |
| Duration | ENA months | |
| Total Grant Value | £292,000 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Power | |
| Region | London | |
| Programme | Network Innovation Allowance | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Project Contact , National Grid plc (100.000%) |
| Industrial Collaborator | Project Contact , National Grid plc (0.000%) |
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| Web Site | https://smarter.energynetworks.org/projects/NIA_NGSO0019 |
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| Objectives | Grid forming converter technology enables renewable generation to behave in a similar manner to conventional generation and hence offers a method of achieving higher renewable penetration in the energy market. PowerFactory Simulations in innovation project NIA_NGET0106 showed it is theoretically possible to run the GB transmission system with 100% renewables using grid forming converter technology. The key aim of the proposed work is to inform National Grid of realistic ways that a power-park owner/operator might achieve levels of Grid-Forming capability compliance, through mixes of different device types placed in parallel as “hybrids”. The project will provide evidence either to support mandatory changes in converter fed generation performance, e.g. through Grid Code and/or Distribution Code modifications, or to support development of balancing service markets to value the abilities of grid forming converter generation. The project activities include: Benchmark existing windfarm models Develop a reference offshore windfarm model Test alternative offshore windfarm models Investigate into control techniques which compensate for the coupling impedance between the Wind Farm, Grid Forming Convertor and POC Implement and demonstrate the strategy in the laboratory The project will consider the behaviour of the Power Park Module in its totality from the Point of Connection with different combinations of generation. The existing windfarm models will be benchmarked and alternative offshore windfarm models will be tested with Grid Forming convertors and Synchronous compensators. The developed strategy will be implemented in the laboratory. The intention is to prove the concept of hybrid grid forming converters especially for offshore application to inform network requirements. Developing and testing a commercial product for field deployment is not in scope. The expectation is that manufacturers and developers will use the findings of this project and network requirements derived from it to develop and test their own commercial offerings. The objectives of this project are to: Understand the behavior of hybrid grid forming convertors seen from the point of connection Understand any risks or issues of the design and application Provide evidence either to support mandatory changes in converter fed generation performance, e.g. through Grid Code and/or Distribution Code modifications, or to support development of balancing service markets to value the abilities of grid forming converter generation. | |
| Abstract | The increasing penetration of convertor fed generation leads to a variety of problems such as low system inertia, increased rate of change of frequency, loss of synchronising torque, high frequency instability and controller interaction.Grid forming converter technology enables renewable generation to behave in a similar manner to conventional generation and hence offers a method of achieving higher renewable penetration in the energy market. PowerFactory Simulations in innovation project NIA_NGET0106 showed it is theoretically possible to run the GB transmission system with 100% renewables using grid forming converter technology. The key aim of the proposed work is to inform National Grid of realistic ways that a power-park owner/operator might achieve levels of Grid-Forming capability compliance, through mixes of different device types placed in parallel as “hybrids”. | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 09/11/22 | |
