Accelerating the deployment of offshore wind using DC technology

可再生能源是实现碳减排和净零排放以及实现雄心勃勃的气候目标的主要动力之一。特别是近年来，欧洲的海上风电发展迅速。具有更大风力涡轮机额定功率的多千兆瓦海上风电场，安装在更深水域的浮动风力涡轮机，以及更高比例的可再生能源集成到现有电网中，正在从根本上改变电力系统的运行，并带来新的挑战和技术需求。ADOreD将通过与19个学术和工业组织合作，招募和培训15名研究人员。它旨在通过使用基于电力电子的AC/DC技术来解决海上风电到AC电网传输领域的学术和技术挑战。在这样做的过程中，它将通过博士研究为研究人员提供必要的知识和技能，以在未来的职业生涯中面对快速的能源转型。该项目涵盖三个主要研究领域：海上风电（包括风力发电机、风力发电集电、风电场设计与控制）;直流技术（包括AC/DC换流器、HVDC控制、直流网络运行与保护）;交流电网（包括各种控制模式下以换流器为主的交流电网的稳定性与控制）。ADOreD联盟覆盖了学术大学和行业组织，包括制造商，能源公用事业，系统运营商，咨询和技术创新中心。项目中的所有研究问题都反映了行业需求;学术新奇和创新性将体现在方法和解决方案中;研究成果将直接传播到行业合作伙伴的产品，电网运营和服务中。该项目的成果是技术和人才库，以加速大规模海上风电的部署和电网整合。

Renewable power is one of the main drives to achieve carbon reduction and net-zero, and to meet the ambitious climate goals. In particular, offshore wind power in Europe has been developing at a rapid pace in recent years. Multi-Giga watts offshore wind farms with larger wind turbine power ratings, floating wind turbines installed in deeper water areas, and higher ratio of renewables integrated to existing power grids, are fundamentally changing power system operations and bringing new challenges and technical demands. This industry-doctorate consortium, ADOreD, will recruit and train 15 Researchers by collaborating with 19 academic and industrial organisations. It aims to tackle the academic and technical challenges in the areas of transmission of offshore wind power to the AC grid by using power electronics-based AC/DC technologies. In doing so, it will equip the Researchers, through their PhD studies, with essential knowledge and skills to face fast energy transition in their future careers. The project covers 3 key research aspects: offshore wind (including wind turbines, wind power collection, and wind farm design and control); DC technologies (including AC/DC converters, HVDC control and DC network operation and protection); and AC grid (including stability and control of AC grids dominated with converters under various control modes. The ADOreD consortium has excellent coverage of academic universities and industry organisations including manufacturers, energy utilities, system operators, consultancy and technology innovation centres. All the research questions in the project reflect industry needs; academic novelty and innovation will be reflected in the methodologies and solutions; and the research results will be disseminated directly to the industry partners' products, grid operation and services. The outcomes of the project are both technologies and a talent pool to accelerate the deployment and grid integration of large-scale offshore wind power.