Integration of HTS Cables in the Future Grid of the Netherlands

Integration of HTS Cables in the Future Grid of the Netherlands

Zuijderduin, R.
Chevchenko, O.
Smit, J.J.
Aanhaanen, G.
Melnik, I.
Geschiere, A.

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

Electrical Sustainable Energy

2012-12-31

ue to increasing power demand, the electricity grid of the Netherlands is changing. The future transmission grid will obtain electrical power generated by decentralized renewable sources, together with large scale generation units located at the coastal region. In this way electrical power has to be distributed and transmitted over longer distances from generation to end user. Potential grid issues like: amount of distributed power, grid stability and electrical loss dissipation merit particular attention. High temperature superconductors (HTS) can play an important role in solving these grid problems. Advantages to integrate HTS components at transmission voltages are numerous: more transmittable power together with less emissions, intrinsic fault current limiting capability, lower ac loss, better control of power flow, reduced footprint, less magnetic field emissions, etc. The main obstacle at present is the relatively high price of HTS conductor. However as the price goes down, initial market penetration of several HTS components (e.g.: cables, fault current limiters) is expected by year 2015. In the full paper we present selected ways to integrate EHV AC HTS cables depending on a particular future grid scenario in the Netherlands.

national transmission grid
potential bottlenecks
high temperature superconducting cables

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b43601b8-62af-4be5-b7e6-c9e455519c04

doi: 10.1016/j.phpro.2012.06.225

Elsevier

1875-3892

Physics Procedia, 36, 2012

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