First Annual Belgian Energy Transition Workshop: Towards an underground, HVDC based power system of the future
If we want to meet our climate goals, we will have to make a massive commitment to electrification in the future. A massive rollout of wind turbines, solar panels and other renewable sources is becoming the norm, but poses a substantial challenge to our current transmission networks. Additional high-voltage lines are unavoidable, but are not always supported in a densely populated area like Flanders.
Towards a future-proof electricity grid
The transition to a clean and renewable energy supply will be accompanied by a much larger share of electricity in our energy mix (up to more than 80%). The electrification of transport (think of electric vehicles), heat supply (think of heat pumps) and industrial processes will therefore increase our electricity consumption significantly. By 2050, electricity consumption in Belgium is expected to more than double compared to today.
More electricity requires a massive rollout of renewable energy, such as solar energy, onshore wind energy but especially offshore wind energy. The electricity generated must be transported to end users at home and abroad. As a result, new high-voltage connections in Belgium are essential to successfully transport the generated electricity to people’s homes at home and abroad.
From a societal perspective, new above-ground high-voltage lines are not always supported in a densely populated area such as Flanders. All hope is therefore pinned on underground high-voltage lines, but these are much more expensive and technically not (yet) always possible. To accelerate the rollout of underground high-voltage connections and their integration into existing grids, EnergyVille, with the support of the Flemish government, has established Etch, the Energy Transmission Competence Hub.
Agenda 10.09.2024 @Thor Central
- 09:30 Introduction by Dirk Van Hertem (Etch)
- 10:00 Underground AC cables as an element in the transmission network
- 10:00 Cable hosting capacity for high voltage grids – Hakan Ergun (Etch)
- 10:15 Harmonic modelling of overhead lines and underground cables – Amauri Martins Britto (Etch)
- 10:30 Harmonic hosting capacity in high voltage grids – Tom Van Acker (BASF)
- 11:00 Protection of underground transmission networks
- 11:00 Introduction – Geraint Chaffey (Etch)
- 11:10 A System Integrity Protection Scheme to Limit the Impact of DC Faults in Offshore Multi-Terminal HVDC Systems without the use of DC circuit breakers – Patrick Düllmann (RWTH Aachen)
- 11:30 Performance of HVDC protection algorithms in future HVDC grids – Pedro Baena Garcia (Etch)
- 11:50 Interaction analysis between MMC-HVDC converter control and AC system protection – Xiaoxiao Liu (Etch)
- 12:10 Lunch
- 13:10 Control interactions with AC/DC underground transmission grids: modelling and optimal control
- 13:10 HVDC Control challenges – Jef Beerten (Etch)
- 13:20 Frequency domain stability analysis: Enabling interoperable HVDC grids – Francisco Javier Cifuentes (Etch)
- 13:40 How to control grid-forming converters – Quentin Delhaye (UCL)
- 14:00 Addressing Dynamic Challenges of HVDC-Rich Transmission Systems: A Next-Gen Approach to Classic Electromagnetic Transient Simulation – Jeroen Tant (Etch)
- 14:20 Resilient power systems operation
- 14:20 Benefits of FFR provision through HVDC – Hakan Ergun (Etch)
- 14:35 Dynamic security assessment using learning models – Frederic Sabot (ULB)
- 14:50 A tri-level optimization framework for cyber physical security management – Giorgos Prionistis (ULg)
- 15:05 Experiences from implementing Dynamic Line Ratings into Transmission & Distribution Grid – Valentin Novakovic (Ampacimon)
- 15:20 Etch, creating an environment for collaboration, partnership and training – Dirk Van Hertem (Etch)
- 15:35 Annual Belgian power systems conference: continuation and plans – Dirk Van Hertem (Etch)
- 15:50 Reception
- 16:50 END
