SuperGrid Institute is a research and innovation centre, federating academic and industrial players and encompassing expertise in high voltage networks, energy conversion and direct current systems.
Our mission is to offer value-added technologies and services to support our clients in the development of electric power systems that aim to increase energy efficiency and integrate renewable resources into the grid on a wide scale.
Latest News
Our collaboration with RTE has begun with four initial joint research actions
By bringing together our research, simulation and development expertise, we are creating a very powerful centre of excellence.
Tenerrdis and their members visit the institute & discover our laboratories and learning activities!
On Tuesday the 26th of April, several members of the Tenerrdis energy cluster visited SuperGrid Institute.
SuperGrid Institute’s DC circuit breaker goes public at the IEEE General Meeting in Denver
We are proud to be revealing our 525kV DC circuit breaker at the IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting.
Latest Publications
Enhancing voltage rating of standard power modules for harsh environment applications
We describe and demonstrate a simple solution which allows to extend the capability of a standard power modules package to higher voltages.
Fault current calculation in MTDC grids considering MMC blocking
In this paper, a generic fault current calculation method based on coupled differential equations is proposed which is valid for both blocked and unblocked states of the MMC.
Partial discharge measurement in DC GIS: comparison between conventional and UHF methods
The aim of this paper is to investigate the partial discharge signals recorded with both conventional and UHF methods in DC voltage.