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HYNET – Pan-European interoperable AC-DC hybrid electricity networks
HYNET plans to enhance network security, facilitate islanding operations, and support investment planning by incorporating multi-energy modeling, thus enabling more efficient grid management across varying conditions and supporting the European energy transition. Through real-world demonstrations in diverse settings, HYNET targets to establish a robust framework for the future of European energy systems.
InterSCADA – Interoperable, Scalable and seCure Ac-Dc modular Automation system
InterSCADA is committed to developing and providing an open-source, vendor-independent SCADA system for operators.
TIGON – Towards Intelligent DC-based hybrid Grids Optimizing the network performance
The EU-funded TIGON project designs a hybrid alternating and direct current microgrid system, one that is decentralised and close to valuable sources of renewable energy. Its technical, digital and business solutions are being developed at two demo sites located in France with emphasis on photovoltaics and in Spain with a focus on batteries. Two use cases in the residential and urban railway sectors in Finland and Bulgaria act as niche markets to increase replication potential.
HYPERRIDE – Hybrid Provision of Energy based on Reliability and Resiliency by Integration of Dc Equipment
The EU-funded HYPERRIDE project is developing the technologies to make this possible with planned demonstrations in a variety of use cases.
PROSECCO – DC Protection, Security, Control and Optimisation
The PROSECCO project brings direct advancements to the maturity level of HVDC grids. Doing so, it aids in realizing Europe’s climate goals for 2050. Meshed HVDC grids is a key technology to integrate offshore wind and to upgrade the European power system. As such, the future power system will be a hybrid AC/DC grid where the HVDC grid seamlessly integrates with AC systems. PROSECCO addresses innovation needs in grid protection near HVDC converters and congestion management for hybrid AC/DC grids.
HVDC-WISE – HVDC-based grid architectures for reliable and resilient WIdeSprEad hybrid AC/DC transmission systems
HVDC-Wise project explores concepts and proposes solutions to foster the development of large HVDC based transmission grid infrastructures, able to bring benefits in terms of resilience and reliability to the existing electrical system and capable of integrating the forthcoming large amount of renewable energy.
DAEDALOS – Development, integration, and demonstration of Advanced software tools in SCADA systems for combining Teslas and EDisons world to reAlize high, medium and LOw voltage hybrid AC/DC gridS
The DAEDALOS project focuses on optimizing the connection between power system design, pre-operational planning, and real-time monitoring and control to effectively manage the stability of future power systems, including hybrid AC/DC and HVDC grids. The overall goal of DAEDALOS is to develop and test in two realistic demonstrators’ environment, innovative tools granting grid stability and reliability within the complex context of hybrid AC/DC systems and HVDC power grids.
InterOPERA – Enabling interoperability of multi-vendor HVDC grids
The InterOPERA project will define technical frameworks and standards for electricity transmission and accelerate the integration of renewable energy. Ensuring that HVDC systems, HVDC transmission systems or HVDC components from different suppliers can work together – making them “interoperable”- is a top priority to accelerate Europe’s energy transition.
Direct Current – Power flOws in megawatt-scale Energy gRids
DC-POWER proposes a local medium voltage direct current distribution bus architecture—the D3Bus (for Dual DC Distribution Bus)—at the Megawatt level, building on work done on low voltage DC distribution grids for lower power levels and extending this into the medium voltage range. D3Bus is envisioned to manage electric power distribution at building/site level, incorporating industrial high-power loads as well as local energy generation and storage. This will be demonstrated in two operational pilots, in a data centre and in an industrial application.
FLAGCHIP – Flagship solutions in power electronics
FLAGCHIP aims to validate wide band-gap (WBG) and ultra wide band-gap (UWBG) semiconductor technologies and their integration into more compact and cost-effective power modules, combining these developments with upgraded condition and health monitoring (C&HM) of power electronic components. To this end, the project activities will progress on the state of the art on 1) Power Modules, including innovations at device and package level; 2) Condition and Health Monitoring and 3) Cost Efficiency of the proposed solution and the system as a whole.