Objective
A group of 6 Transmission System Operators (Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany The Netherlands and Spain) with 2 generator companies, 5 manufacturers and research organisations, propose 6 demonstration projects to remove, in 3 years, several barriers which prevent the electric system from welcoming more wind electricity, and wind electricity from contributing more to the electric system. The full scale demonstrations aim at proving the benefits of novel technologies (most of them available from manufacturers) coupled with innovative system management approaches. The contribution of wind energy to the system will show how aggregated wind farms can provide system services (voltage and frequency control) in Spain. The aggregation of wind farms with flexible generation and loads will be demonstrated in Denmark using a scalable IT platform developed by a generator. Increasing the flexibility of transmission networks will be tested in Belgium (existing sensors and coordinated power flow control devices avoiding possible large scale instabilities induced by wind farms in the CWE region) and in Spain (dynamic wind power evacuation capacity using real-time computations based on short-term generation forecasts and use of a mobile Overload Line Controller). Off-shore wind farms are addressed from a security viewpoint. Secure HVDC meshed networks will be validated in France using simulations and full scale experiments of two different HVDC circuit breaker technologies. Off-shore wind farm shut downs under stormy conditions will be demonstrated in Denmark using the world largest off-shore wind farm with balancing power provided by the Norwegian hydro capacities through a HVDC link. The experimental results will be integrated into European impact analyses to show the scalability of the solutions: routes for replication will be provided with benefits for the pan European transmission network and the European electricity market as soon as 2014, in line with the SET plan objectives.
Fields of science
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesclassical mechanicsfluid mechanicsfluid dynamics
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energywind power
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors
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Call for proposal
FP7-ENERGY-2009-2
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Funding Scheme
CP - Collaborative project (generic)Coordinator
28109 Alcobendas - Madrid
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Participants (28)
48003 Bilbao
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Valencia
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FREDERICIA
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48009 Bilbao
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92073 Paris
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1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
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7000 Fredericia
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2800 Kongens Lyngby
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75008 Paris
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ST16 1WT Stafford
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6812AR Arnhem
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28015 Madrid
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80686 Munchen
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7465 Trondheim
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31621 Sarriguren
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7330 Brande
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10557 Berlin
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1040 Bruxelles / Brussel
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1000 BRUXELLES
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28037 Madrid
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4200 465 Porto
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4 Dublin
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20134 Milano
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G1 1XQ Glasgow
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4000 Liege
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3000 Leuven
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1050 Bruxelles / Brussel
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48009 BILBAO
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