Imagine trying to build a giant Lego castle, but the bricks come from five different brands and don't snap together. This project creates a universal 'connector' system for massive electricity cables and converters. It ensures that equipment from different companies can work together to move wind power from the ocean to cities without crashing the grid.
HVDC systems from different vendors are currently not interoperable, making it expensive and complex to build interconnected electricity grids. This creates a bottleneck for scaling offshore wind energy across Europe.
A real-time physical demonstrator, detailed functional specifications for subsystems, standardized simulation models, and multi-vendor cooperation agreements.
If you are a TSO dealing with the risk of vendor lock-in for HVDC grids — this project developed standardized models and interaction study processes that allow you to mix equipment from 4 different vendors. This ensures your grid can expand without being tied to a single manufacturer.
If you are a wind park developer dealing with unstable power connections to shore — this project developed improved grid forming capabilities for converters. This helps your offshore wind farms maintain stability and integrate more efficiently into the European electrical system.
If you are a vendor dealing with complex custom requirements for every new project — this project developed detailed functional specifications and common interfaces. This allows your products to be interoperable by design, reducing custom engineering costs for multi-terminal grids.
Based on available project data, specific pricing or implementation costs are not provided; however, the project aims to make connecting HVDC systems more economic by removing the complexity of non-interoperable systems.
Yes, the project is designed for the European electrical system backbone, specifically targeting multi-terminal HVDC grids to transport massive offshore RES generation to shore.
Based on available project data, the project produces multi-vendor cooperation agreements and operational tools available to European stakeholders, though specific licensing terms are not detailed.
The project provides procurement solutions compliant with existing and future regulations, standards, and laws, and issues recommendations to grid codes.
Integration is de-risked using a real-time physical demonstrator and validated through standardized models and simulation platforms.
The consortium is heavily industry-driven with an 84% industry ratio, comprising 27 industrial partners including 4 HVDC vendors and 8 TSOs. This high concentration of commercial players from 9 countries suggests the results are designed for immediate market application rather than academic curiosity, focusing on practical procurement and technical specifications.
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