ACDC 2012

Technical scope

Papers are welcomed on by not limited to the following subjects, ACDC 2012 will feature presentations on:

Recent important projects

• HVDC interconnector projects, particularly crossing UK borders e.g. The Western Link border project, how is it going to be applied
• VSC HVDC projects and recent technological developments in this area including DC breakers and associated protection methods
• Multi-Vendor, Multi Terminal – issues that would allow this to work, standards for multi terminal behaviour, details and solutions
• Comparison of classic HVDC and VSC transmission including advantages and disadvantages and appropriate circumstances for their use
• Recent and significant FACTS projects – series compensation on Scottish border, smart grid point of view
• Transmission technologies and techniques being adapted and utilised into distribution
• Technological developments in FACTS, including series compensation

Looking ahead - developments over the next five years

• HVDC, FACTS and series compensation projects and technologies
• Multi terminal VSC DC projects
• Renewable power and AC/DC connections
• DC array collector systems for offshore wind farms
• Offshore wind farms – practical applications, offshore coordination report, developers want to know what this will look like
• DC-DC converters
• Power flow control

Future innovation and international projects

• Energy storage at a large scale to support the transmission system
• The DC offshore grid system and its functional set up including multiple offshore DC interconnections
• UHV AC and DC in the Far East
• DC interconnectors
• The “Mediterranean grid” / Trans-European Super Grid
• Solar energy transmission

Real implications and applications

• Subsea cables
• Reliability and redundancy including reliability analysis
• Efficiency improvement and design efficiency cost savings
• AC offshore