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。特别是欧洲海上风电近年来发展迅速。具有更大风力涡轮机额定功率的多千兆瓦离岸风力发电场，安装在深水区的浮动风力涡轮机，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。这个行业博士联盟ADOreD将与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技术来解决将离岸回流电力传输到AC电网的学术和技术挑战。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，以应对未来能源行业的快速能源转型。（包括风力涡轮机、风力发电、风电场设计和控制）;直流技术（包括AC/DC换流器、HVDC控制和直流网络运行和保护）; AC电网（包括各种控制模式下以变流器为主的交流电网的稳定性和控制。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并网。

Renewable power is one of the main drives to achieve carbon reduction and net-zero, and to meet the ambitious climategoals. In particular, offshore wind power in Europe has been developing at a rapid pace in recent years. Multi-Giga wattsoffshore wind farms with larger wind turbine power ratings, floating wind turbines installed in deeper water areas, andhigher ratio of renewables integrated to existing power grids, are fundamentally changing power system operations andbringing new challenges and technical demands.This industry-doctorate consortium, ADOreD, will recruit and train 15 Researchers by collaborating with 19 academic andindustrial organisations. It aims to tackle the academic and technical challenges in the areas of transmission of offshorewind power to the AC grid by using power electronics-based AC/DC technologies. In doing so, it will equip theResearchers, through their PhD studies, with essential knowledge and skills to face fast energy transition in their futurecareers.The project covers 3 key research aspects: offshore wind (including wind turbines, wind power collection, and wind farmdesign and control); DC technologies (including AC/DC converters, HVDC control and DC network operation andprotection); 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 includingmanufacturers, energy utilities, system operators, consultancy and technology innovation centres. All the researchquestions in the project reflect industry needs; academic novelty and innovation will be reflected in the methodologies andsolutions; and the research results will be disseminated directly to the industry partners' products, grid operation andservices. The outcomes of the project are both technologies and a talent pool to accelerate the deployment and gridintegration of large-scale offshore wind power.