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The RHODÉ consortium launches a major R&D project for a floating HVDC electrical connection for deep-water offshore wind farms
The RHODÉ project aims to develop and test the key technological building blocks required for a first high-power floating connection.
Grid integration of high-power MVDC superconducting cables based on HTS and MgB₂
Recent progress in MVDC superconducting cable technology is reported within the SCARLET project.
Investigations on the use of Synthetic Air as a Retrofill gas Alternative to SF6 in existing Gas Insulated Switchgears
A study regarding the possible retrofill solutions of existing 245 kV and 420 kV equipment is the scope of this paper.
Interview with Marie-Hélène Luton, Director of HV Equipment & Cable Systems Department
Marie-Hélène talks to us about the current projects within her team and the major challenges ahead for the future of the energy transition.
Our key takeaways from CIRED 2025
Clean switchgear, distribution grid flexibility and MVDC: let’s take a closer look at what we learned from CIRED 2025!
High-power medium-voltage superconducting cables for Europe’s energy transition
This paper describes the superconducting MVDC cable concepts and the main challenges needed to develop and type test the cables.
Evaluation of the interference effects of HVDC fault on a buried pipeline
This paper investigates the interference effects of HVDC fault on the pipeline’s induced transient overvoltage.
Arm equivalent circuit based and average arm model of a DC MMC branch including distributed energy storage submodules to integrate energy storage in HVDC system
This paper focuses on modular multilevel converter (MMC) with distributed energy storage modules directly connected to MMC modules (ES-SMs).
SuperGrid Institute achieves first 50kV DC breaking by combining a superconducting fault current limiter with a circuit breaker
SuperGrid Institute validates its resistive superconducting fault current limiter technology combined with a mechanical circuit breaker for HVDC
