This event was organised by the research project HVDC Inertia Provision, supported by the Research Council of Norway and involving project partners SINTEF Energy Research, KU Leuven, CentraleLille, NTNU Statnett, Equinor, Elia and RTE.
When: 28 April 2022, 09:00-14:00
Venue: Online
Programme
- 09:00 – Welcome, Introduction and presentation of the programme, Salvatore D’Arco, SINTEF Energy Research
- 09:15 – Declining inertia in Power systems: challenges and opportunities, Kamran Sharifabadi, Equinor
- 09:30 – Inertia management in France and Europe – a TSO perspective on future trends and ongoing research, Thibault Prevost, RTE
- 10:00 – Break
- 10:10 – Introduction to the “HVDC Inertia Provision” research project, Jon Are Suul, SINTEF Energy Research
- 10:25 – HVDC as an enabling technology for energy transmission and service provision, Dirk Van Hertem & Abhimanyu Kaushal, KU Leuven
- 10:55 – Representation of virtual inertia from HVDC converters and impact of placement, Paula B. Garcia-Rosa, SINTEF
- 11:15 – Grid forming control – from fundamental considerations to practical applications, Xavier Guillaud, CentraleLille
- 11:45 – Lunch
- 12:30 – Stability analysis for modern power systems with low inertia and high penetration of power electronic converters, Olav B. Fosso, NTNU
- 12:50 – Control methods for providing virtual inertia from power converters and analysis of operation under unbalanced conditions, Jon Are Suul, SINTEF Energy Research
- 13:20 – Panel discussion
- 13:55 – Final remarks
