Network Interconnection of Offshore Wind Prepared for REOLTEC Carlos Aguirre Madrid, December 3rd Experience you can trust.
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Offshore Wind Experience in Europe Offshore wind has grown dramatically in the last years United Kingdom Ireland 1 Project 25 MW in Operation 8 Projects 598 MW Installed 1,392 MW Pending Sweden 4 Projects 132.5 MW Installed 30 MW Pending Denmark 8 Projects 426.15 MW Installed 428.2 MW Pending Country MW # Avg Size (MW) Operating UK 598.00 8 74.75 Denmark 426.15 8 53.27 Netherlands 244.80 3 81.60 Sweden 132.50 4 33.13 Belgium 30.00 1 30.00 Ireland 25.00 1 25.00 Totals 1456.45 25 58.26 Pending UK 1,392.00 8 174.00 2009-12 Germany 728.30 4 182.08 Denmark 428.20 4 107.05 Sweden 30.00 1 30.00 Totals 2,578.50 17 151.68 Belgium Netherlands 1 Project 30 MW Installed Germany 4 Projects 244.8 MW Installed 728.3 MW Pending Proprietary & Confidential 3
Strategy on offshore wind energy The Netherlands The Dutch government set a target of realizing 6.000 MW of offshore wind energy before 2020 (i.e. 25% of the expected maximum load - 10.000MM ) North Sea favourable place for offshore wind power: high average wind speeds, shallow waters, etc KEMA performed a study for the Dutch Government to evaluate technical and economic, financial and legal impacts: The target was technically and economically feasible But was dependant on adaptations to the electricity grid Proprietary & Confidential 4
Strategy on offshore wind energy The Netherlands How to connect 6 GW offshore wind power to the Dutch Transmission Network? Proprietary & Confidential 5
Dutch transmission network, offshore North Sea Peak load ~20 GW (2010) 380/220 kv double-circuit rings 2 favourable feed-in locations have been chosen Offshore transmission distance to shore 25-70 km Proprietary & Confidential 6
and onshore Consumption ~130 TWh, peak load ~20 GW (2010) substations and large cities close to the shore Grid reinforcements are necessary to enable power transmission Grid investments on mainland are needed and amount some 4% of wind park investments (350-650 MM ) System balance needs to be secured Proprietary & Confidential (*) Additionally trading and regulation mechanisms and legal issues in implementing 7 such a wind resource
3x1200 mm 2 Cu 750 MVA Langsscheiding dubbelrail Incl. convertertransformator STAT COM STAT COM STAT COM 12-mijlszone 2x1x2000 mm 2 Cu 3x1200 mm 2 Cu Kustlijn Spoel ca. 50 Mvar Incl. convertertransformator Beverwijk/ Velsen Een station Maasvlakte, evt een 3e station Types of grid connexion different alternatives Alternative 1: radial networks (150kV) Alternative 2: radial networks (380/150kV hub) 12- mijlszone Kustlijn BESTAAND 380kV-station 12- mijlszone Kustlijn BESTAAND 380kV-station Trafo 300 MVA Kuststation Trafo 300 MVA Kuststation 3x1200 mm 2 Cu 3x1200 mm 2 Cu Trafo 750 MVA Trafo 750 MVA 12-mijlszone Kustlijn BESTAAND 380kV-station 12-mijlszone Kustlijn BESTAAND 380kV-station Trafo 300 MVA Trafo 300 MVA 3x1200 mm 2 Cu Trafo 380/150: 750 MVA Trafo 150/: 300 MVA Evt. spoel op tertiare wikkeling Spoel 3x1200 mm 2 Cu Trafo 380/150: 750 MVA Trafo 150/: 300 MVA Evt. spoel op tertiare wikkeling Spoel Alternative 3: AC ring structure Alternative 4: HVDC ring structure 3x1200 mm 2 Cu dubbelrail 12-mijlszone Kustlijn Beverwijk/ Velsen Filters 750 MVA Filters 1,5 GW G ± 450 kv 2x 1,5 GW Compensatiespoelen 1,5 GW Langsscheiding Maasvlakte, evt een 3e station 1,5 GW 1,5 GW Compensatiespoelen Proprietary & Confidential 8
Break-even distance AC/DC Low power density energy source Large spacing of available locations. Forbidden areas: military area shipping routes offshore platforms piping routes anchoring places Large offshore DC terminal substation Low-capacitance XLPE cables Proprietary & Confidential 9
Ring power flow AC ring quickly overloaded FACTS required additional value? HVDC ring Controllable loop flows Hybrid (AC + DC) ring Proprietary & Confidential 10
Cost comparison Proprietary & Confidential 11
Conclusions Growth of wind power might be limited by mainland grid transmission capacity - managing the consequences for the stability of the network Bundling individual 150kVAC offshore wind farm connections into hubs: yields no significant economies of scale but reduces the number of shore crossings If a ring structure with the mainland network would help mitigate problems in the mainland network, a HVDC or hybrid (AC + DC) network is expected to be the preferred solution Proprietary & Confidential 12
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