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Unlocking HVDC interoperability: register for our free webinar!
In this webinar, we will share our technical analysis of HVDC interoperability and present possible…
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Power tests successfully performed by SuperGrid Institute for the FastGrid Project
We are currently analysing the experimental data issue from these power tests in order to…
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[VIDEO] Hubert de la Grandière on the set of Small is Smart!
Our CEO Hubert de la Grandière was interviewed recently by Jean-Marc Sylvestre on the set…
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SuperGrid Institute’s excellence in innovation is confirmed!
We are very proud to be listed in the INPI's top 10 patent applicants in…
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SuperGrid Institute’s first ever Annual Report is now online!
We are very excited to be able to share our first ever annual report with…
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ISGAN publishes its discussion paper on micro vs. mega trends for electrical grids
The International Smart Grid Action Network (ISGAN) has recently published its discussion paper “micro vs…
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SuperGrid Institute is now part of the French Institutes of Technology (FIT) association
On the 29th of April, SuperGrid Institute and the 7 other French ITEs officially joined…
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[VIDEO] Find out more about the FastGrid project!
With the FastGrid project completion date just a few months away, find out more about…
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Effective Permeability of Multi Air Gap Ferrite Core 3-Phase Medium Frequency Transformer in Isolated DC-DC Converters
This article presents the measurements of the equivalent B(H) and the equivalent magnetic permeability of…
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SuperGrid Institute demonstrates the partial discharge behaviour of SF6 subtitute gases which can be used in the future HVDC GIS as part of the PROMOTioN project
SuperGrid Institute will be able to develop an effective partial discharge monitoring system for the…
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A Cryostat platform for SuperGrid Institute
SuperGrid Institute is aiming to test the new superconductive tapes that will be used in…
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SuperGrid Institute’s vision at the second conference on Power Transmission in Africa (Johannesburg)
This morning, SuperGrid Institute presented at the second conference on Power Transmission in Africa (Johannesburg)…
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Phd Paolo ERRANTE “Liquid Spray Injection inside the expansion volume of a CO2 High Voltage Circuit Breaker”
In the framework of the research activities of the High Voltage Substation Equipment program of…
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HVDC plays a key role in the future AC/DC power systems
This Tuesday the 4th of February, at the European Commission’s Directorate General for Energy, Bruno…
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Phd Majed Eddine MOUSTAID “Experimental development of a thermosiphon loop for thermal regulation of power electronic devices”
The work of this thesis focuses on the experimental development of a passive and biphasic…
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SuperGrid Institute has achieved a major milestone in the development of 10 kV Silicon Carbide (SiC) devices
SuperGrid Institute has achieved a major milestone in the development of 10 kV Silicon Carbide…
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SuperGrid Institute organised its Climate Collage event
This Tuesday, the 17th of December, SuperGrid Institute organised a Climate Collage event for its…
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Majededdine MOUSTAID was awarded the HEFAT 2019 Outstanding Paper Award
SuperGrid Institute is proud to announce that Majededdine MOUSTAID was awarded the HEFAT 2019 Outstanding…
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Phd Juan PAEZ “HVDC Converters for the interconnection of HVDC grids”
In order to include large-scale renewable sources into the electrical system and to transport high…
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Phd Thibaut LEFORT “Epoxy/ionic liquid networks with and without anhydride: study of polymerization mechanisms and dielectric properties”
Thursday 12/12/2019, Thibaut Lefort has obtained the title of Doctor of Materials of Lyon university…
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SuperGrid Institute is working towards the EU’s 32% renewable energy goal by contributing to XFLEX HYDRO
The XFLEX HYDRO project was launched today, the 10th of December, during the United Nations…
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SuperGrid Institute’s “turbine type” readiness conclusions
How can we reduce the “S-Shaped” characteristics (stability) of a hydraulic turbine while maintaining its…
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Françoise Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue has been awarded the Irène Joliot-Curie 2019 Prize in the Female Scientist of the Year category
Françoise Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue has been awarded the Irène Joliot-Curie 2019 Prize in the Female Scientist of…
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SuperGrid Institute’s “Technical days”: an event dedicated to our industrial shareholders
SuperGrid Institute has held its first ever ‘Technical days’ event! Dedicated to our industrial shareholders,…
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Phd Raphael CHASSAGNOUX “Dielectric study of liquid and boiling nitrogen – Application to a superconducting fault current limiter”
The increasing number of interconnections in electrical networks and the massive integration of renewable energies…
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Phd Alexis FOUINEAU “Medium Frequency Transformers design methodologies for high voltage grids and railway grids”
Medium Frequency Transformers (MFT) are an innovative technology compared to low frequency transformers, with the…
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A DC voltage source for long term GIS testing designed by SuperGrid Institute
As part of its research, SuperGrid Institute studies the phenomena of partial discharge under DC…
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The renewables integration via HVDC grids
The large-scale integration of renewable electricity generation poses both structural, economic and management challenges. Among…
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Phd Guilherme DANTAS DE FREITAS “Development of a methodology for DC grid protection strategies comparison”
High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) grids are considered a promising solution for problems faced by…
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SuperGrid Institute at “Fête de la Science”: come and discover the electricity network of tomorrow
The thinking caps are on this week at SuperGrid Institute with the “Fête de la…
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Ahmed Zama honored with the IEEE “Doctorate Laureate” for his thesis work
Every year the French chapter of IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES), in collaboration with…
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Use of Unbalanced Insulation for the Limitation of Double-Pole Lightning Flashovers in Double Circuit HVDC Overhead Lines
Lightning studies are a critical part of any system involving overhead lines. As HVDC technologies…
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Stage dating is back at SuperGrid Institute!
Stage dating is back at SuperGrid Institute! Get your CV ready and come along to…
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Static and Switching Characteristics of 10 kV-class SiC BJTs and Darlingtons
This paper reports the device design, fabrication and characterisation of 10 kV-class BJT. Manufactured devices…
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The SuperGrid Institute girls are #1 in their category at the Inter-company Challenge!
This Tuesday, the 24th of September, the Villeurbanne Inter-company Challenge took place in Parc Miribel,…
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The EPE flag handover at EPE’19, Genova: SuperGrid Institute takes the reins for EPE 2020 ECCE Europe in Lyon, France
At the closing session, Abdelkrim Benchaib, General Chairman of EPE’20, received the EPE flag, on…
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SuperGrid Institute PhD student awarded Fulbright scholarship to work at Virginia Tech
SuperGrid Institute is going global! Next week, Arthur Boutry will be crossing the Atlantic to…
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SuperGrid Institute hosts the 11th Quarterly review of NanocompEIM 2
Since October 2016, SuperGrid Institute has been involved in the NanocompEIM 2 project. The goal…
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SuperGrid Institute collaborates with Edouard Branly School’s undergraduate students for their end of year project!
Last year, SuperGrid Institute signed a framework agreement with the Digital Department of Edouard Branly…
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Michel MERMET-GUYENNET’s keynote speech at PEDS 2019
This Tuesday the 10th of July, Michel MERMET-GUYENNET presented a keynote speech at the 13th…
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SuperGrid Institute’s participation at AGP21
The Association Grand Projects 21 – Major Programmes and Projects for the 21st Century (AGP21)…
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Phd Priscillia DANIEL “Electrical properties study of cross-linked polyethylene insulated cables in presence of gaseous cavities aged under DC or DC with harmonic voltages”
This study aims to examine possible impact of these harmonics in presence of microcavities. Depending…
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SuperGrid Institute’s has a significant presence at Jicable19
This year, for the first time our presence at PCIM Europe 2019, was noticeable with…
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LISORE consortium plenary meeting at SuperGrid Institute
SuperGrid Institute was pleased to host the LISORE consortium plenary meeting this Wednesday. This 15-month…
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Raphaël CHASSAGNOUX received the best student presentation prize at IEEE ICDL 2019
Raphaël CHASSAGNOUX received the best student presentation prize for his « Prebreakdown and Breakdown in…
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SuperGrid Institute involved with the National Congress of Dielectric Spectroscopy
The national congress of dielectric spectroscopy (SDM2) took place at LyonTech on the 6th and…
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SuperGrid Institute takes up the Mobility Challenge
Every year, the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region organises the Mobility Challenge, an event that promotes using alternative…
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SuperGrid Institute’s participation in PROMOTioN’s Work Package 9
SuperGrid Institute is proud to have been an active participant in the PROMOTioN project since…
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SuperGrid Institute, sponsor of InnoGrid 2019
This week, SuperGrid Institute participated as an official sponsor of the 8th edition of InnoGrid2020+,…
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SuperGrid Institute at PCIM Europe 2019
This year, for the first time our presence at PCIM Europe 2019, was noticeable with…
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Relive the SuperGrid Institute inauguration
If you would like to re-live your day with us, or if you were unable…
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A New Energy Management Control of Modular Multilevel Converters for Coping with Voltage Stress on Sub-Modules
This paper investigates the impact of the operating condition on the SM voltage ripples. In…
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SuperGrid Institute presents a brilliant innovation at CIGRE-IEC 2019 in Japan
The Energy Management Control of MMC by SuperGrid Institute was presented in Japan this week…
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SuperGrid Institute’s head office & platforms are fully operational!
Nearly 150 people gathered together on Monday the 8th of April to inaugurate SuperGrid Institute’s…
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SuperGrid Institute, SME Patent Superstar of 2018
SuperGrid Institute has been rewarded for its ambitious intellectual property strategy, ranking first of the…
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PhD Loriane DESMARS “Study of electrical and thermal properties of epoxy-anhydride composite materials for high voltage insulation”
The work presented in this manuscript has been motivated by the necessity to develop more…
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Phd Caroline STACKLER “Electronic transformers for railway applications”
The main objective of this thesis is to develop a methodology to size PETT topologies,…
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PhD Amjad MOUHAIDALI “Contribution to the modelling of HVDC cables for electromagnetic transient simulations”
The integration of new technologies in the electric grids made them more and more complex,…
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PhD Juan-Carlos GONZALEZ “Transient stability of high voltage AC-DC electric transmission systems”
This thesis addresses the transient stability analysis of hybrid AC/DC electric transmission systems. More precisely…
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SuperGrid Institute and the CNAM have signed a framework agreement
SuperGrid Institute is delighted to have signed a framework agreement with the CNAM (Conservatoire National…
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25 kV-50 Hz railway power supply system emulation for Power-Hardware-in-the-Loop testings
This paper presents a methodology to consider the impedance of a grid in power hardware…
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PhD Quentin MOLIN “High Voltage SiC MOSFET Robustness study: threshold voltage shift and short-circuit behaviour”
This manuscript is a contribution to reliability and robustness study of MOSFET components on silicon…
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SuperGrid Institute’s project selected for Grid2030
SuperGrid Institute and IMDEA joint forces with the support of REE, and created a consortium.…
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PhD Miguel ROMERO RODRIGUEZ “Supervisory control synthesis for MMC-based HVDC systems”
This work proposes a method for the full development, from conception to implementation, of the…
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Study of Turn-to-Turn Electrical Breakdown for Superconducting Fault Current Limiter Applications
The rational insulation design of a resistive superconducting fault current limiter (r-SCFCL) requires data gathered…
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Arc appearance and cathode spot distribution in a long gap high-current vacuum arc controlled by an external axial magnetic field
An experimental study of a high-current vacuum arc (VA) generated between two static CuCr25 contacts…
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Bruno Luscan’s keynote presentation at EPE’18 ECCE EUROPE is now available online
“POWER GRIDS CONTROL: DRIVERS AND TRENDS” by Bruno Luscan, SuperGrid Institute’s keynote presentation at EPE'18…
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SuperGrid Institute committed to the Fête de la Science 2018
An exciting week at SuperGrid Institute with the Fête de la Science 2018! After the…
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Electrical properties of epoxy systems based on ionic liquids
In accordance with their interesting properties, ionic liquids (ILs) have attracted in the recent years…
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CIGRE Young Members organizing a visit at SuperGrid Institute
Once a year, CIGRE young members France, organizes industrial, onsite visits where academics, engineers and…
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Measurement and Analysis of SiC-MOSFET threshold voltage shift
Gate-oxide technology weakness is a main reliability issue of Silicon Carbide MOSFET transistors. The threshold…
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SuperGrid Institute investigates the performance of different environmentally friendly insulating gases
As part of PROMOTioN, Super Grid Institute (France) investigates the performance of different environmentally friendly…
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PhD Etienne OUSS “Characterization of Partial Discharges and Defect Identification in High-Voltage Direct Current GIS”
This thesis aimed to characterize partial discharges in DC gas-insulated substations, and to develop an…
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Repetitive short-circuit measurement on SiC MOSFET
Robustness study for the 1.7 kV SiC MOSFET is presented. After evaluation of the critical…
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SuperGrid Institute at CIGRE Technical Exhibition
From 27 to 31 August, SuperGrid Institute participate at the CIGRE Technical Exhibition 2018: the…
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A High Current Switching test bench to estimate switching losses for power switches
Our High Current Switching test bench is now operational! This one is integrated to the…
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An injection molding press for our Chemistry & Materials test platform
With a new semi-automatic injection mixer and an injection molding press, the material characterization and…
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High Voltage Electrical Properties of Epoxy / h-BN Microcomposites
Two high voltage properties – DC conductivity and AC breakdown strength – of epoxy composites…
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Testing phase after installation of SuperGrid Institute’s hyperbaric vessel
Our 10 tones, six meters long, hyperbaric vessel has been installed at our premises and…
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Overview of DC-DC Converters dedicated to HVDC Grids
This paper presents an overview of the DC-DC power converters dedicated to HVDC proposing a…
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PhD Benoît TEZENAS du MONTCEL “Experimental study and modelling of a metal vapor plasma in a vacuum chamber for the development of High-Voltage Circuit Breakers”
The study involves first the building of an experimental setup where arcs, created between two…
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MVDC DC-DC CONVERTER TECHNOLOGY – The building block of future MVDC grids
This poster describes the DC-DC converter technology intended for Medium Voltage Direct Current grids. The…
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Numerical investigations of ReBCO conductors with high limitation electric field for HVDC SFCL
Superconducting fault current limiters (SFCL) are already in operation in alternative current medium voltage applications…
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A novel hyperbaric vessel for SuperGrid Institute
Since 2016, SuperGrid Institute’s program 4 has intensely worked on the specification of a test…
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PhD William LEON GARCIA “Protection strategy for HVDC networks”
Multi-terminal high voltage direct current (MTDC) grids, or supergrids, are considered an interesting solution to…
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PhD Kosei SHINODA “Control and Energy Management of MMC-based Multi-Terminal HVDC Grids”
The scope of this thesis includes control and management of the Modular Multilevel Converter (MMC)-based…
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PhD Swann GASNIER “Decision support framework for offshore wind farm electrical networks: Robust design and assessment under uncertainties’’
Large offshore wind farms will be important players within the future energy landscape. What is…
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Participation of SuperGrid to the ISH 2017 Conference
For 40 years, the biannual conference ISH (International Symposium on High Voltage Engineering) has permitted…
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Supplying Power to HV (≥10kV) control and measurement boards: a challenge to overcome
New high-voltage power electronic converters and facilities for transmission grids tend to have multiple power…
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PhD Justine BILLORE “Thermal aging of XLPE for HVDC cables”
To connect the different points of the network, the transmission and distribution of electric power…
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PhD Ilyas DCHAR “Design of a “fail-to-short” power module for HVDC applications”
High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) converters are composed of hundreds of semiconductor switches connected in…
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PhD Albert PEREIRA “Design methodology of a medium frequency transformer for high voltage and high power DC-DC converters”
The transmission and distribution of electric power is normally made by ac networks (50 Hz…
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FastGrid : Cost effective FCL using advanced superconducting tapes for future HVDC grids
FastGrid is a project funding for an amount of 7.2 M€ by the European Union’s…
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Space charge measurements on cable dielectrics
When a voltage is applied to a cable, electric charges are established in its electrodes,…
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The EE4HVS Mastère program
Globally, the energy landscape is shifting; the generation of electricity is moving towards greener energies,…
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DC-DC Converters for HVDC Grids: A Survey
The recent interest in renewable energies has encouraged the research on a new concept of…
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Toward deeper submarine cable installations
Numerous High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) submarine cables have been installed in Europe and more…
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PhD Houssem Eddine NECHMI “Research of gas/ gas mixture without sulfur hexafluoride for High Voltage Insulation applications”
SULPHUR hexafluoride, SF6, is the most common compressed gas used in high voltage power equipment…
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TM1 test rig renovation
Why do we stil need experimental test-rigs in hydraulic sciences? We use extensively computatinal sciences…
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SGI participation to IAHR Conference
The International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR), founded in 1935, is a worldwide…
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SGI participation to European Power Electronics Conference (ECCE Europe, EPE2016)
EPE ECCE Europe is the largest conference on power electronics and its applications. SuperGrid Institute…
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SuperGrid Institute Part of H2020 European Project PROMOTioN
PROMOTioN is a 4 years project starting January 2016, with a 40 M€ EU funding,…
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A platform for real time modelling & simulation of HVDC electricity systems
Supergrid Institute is deploying real-time modelling and simulation facilities applied to the analysis of emerging…
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A platform for real time modelling & simulation of HVDC electricity systems
Supergrid Institute is deploying real-time modelling and simulation facilities applied to the analysis of emerging…
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The rise of variable speed Pump Storage Plant (PSP)
Pumped Storage Plants (PSP) are the most reliable and well-known energy storage technology for high…
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DC-DC 100 kW power converter
SuperGrid Institute has succeeded in the preliminary tests on their first DC-DC power converter in…
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Signature of convention with The French National Research Agency (ANR)
Michael Matlosz, President and CEO of The French National Research Agency (ANR) et Philippe Auriol,…
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European Commission Press Release
The European Commission has approved the 86.6 M€ french grant to the "SuperGrid Institute".
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