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The PROMOTioN team of WP15 got back together for a live demonstration of gas-insulated HVDC grid protection systems on Thursday the 21st January 2021....

A full-scale prototype of the ABB hybrid HVDC circuit breaker was successfully tested in the independent KEMA Laboratories as part of the PROMOTioN...

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In recent years, with increasing penetration of wind power in the electrical network, and the corresponding reduction of conventional generation...

A Hybrid DC circuit breaker (DC CB) topology is one of the topologies tested and analysed in the PROMOTioN project. This very fast and low-loss DC CB...

PROMOTioN WP11 has now published a Harmonization Catalogue which first maps ongoing activities taking place in international standardization bodies...

Within PROMOTioN, a unique laboratory-scale multi-terminal HVDC demonstrator – the MMC Testbench – was built at RWTH Aachen University. The system...

The current regulatory framework does not provide specific rules for an interconnected and integrated offshore electricity grid. So far, the focus of...

Maintaining security of supply whilst integrating large quantities of renewable energy is the main challenge for the future European power grid....

Mitsubishi Electric recently visited EnergyVille, a collaboration between the Flemish research partners KU Leuven, VITO, imec and UHasselt, to install...

WP6 of the PROMOTioN project deals with DC circuit breaker characterisation. It consists of 10 tasks, of which two (6.5 and 6.6) focus on...

Work Package 12 of the PROMOTioN project has been progressing with the development of optimal scenarios for an offshore grid. It was recognised early...

A meshed European offshore grid could provide significant benefits to the European energy market. To understand the economic and social consequences...

Within PROMOTioN a novel laboratory set-up to investigate control and protection schemes of meshed HVDC offshore grids will be built at RWTH Aachen...

Another milestone reached in the PROMOTioN (Progress on Meshed HVDC Offshore Transmission Networks) project. ABB has successfully completed the...

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ONLINE EVENT HVDC switchgear: Gas-insulated Systems

Successful HVDC circuit breaker full-scale and high-power demonstration

Successful test of Black Start capability

Research on cost reduction of a hybrid DC CB in WP6

PROMOTioN results in harmonization of HVDC systems

PROMOTioN WP16 – Successful commissioning and testing of a multi-terminal HVDC demonstrator

Reports on legal, economic and financial regulatory frameworks published

Presentations available - Joint MIGRATE & PROMOTioN workshop

EnergyVille/KU Leuven tests Mitsubishi Electric HVDC Line Protection Relay for Power Systems of the Future

Two low-power demonstrator DC circuit breakers developed and tested

Optimal scenarios for the future European offshore grid

Cost-benefit analysis methodology for offshore grids

Successful completion of the Factory Acceptance Test of the MMC Test Bench

Succesful completion of HVDC gas insulated switchgear (GIS) test installation

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