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驱动力之一。特别是近年来，欧洲的海上风电发展迅速。数十亿瓦的海上风电场拥有更大的风力涡轮机额定功率，安装在更深水域的浮动风力涡轮机，以及更高的可再生能源与现有电网的整合比例，正在从根本上改变电力系统的运营，并带来新的挑战和技术需求。这个备受推崇的行业博士财团将通过与19个学术和行业组织的合作，招聘和培训15名研究人员。它的目的是通过使用基于电力电子的AC/DC技术来解决海上风电向交流电网输电领域的学术和技术挑战。该项目包括3个关键研究方面：海上风电(包括风力发电机组、风电收集和风电场设计与控制)；直流技术(包括AC/DC变流器、高压直流控制和直流网络运行与保护)；交流电网(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)。受人爱戴的财团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；学术新颖性和创新性将体现在方法和解决方案上；研究成果将直接传播到行业合作伙伴的产品、网格运营和服务中。该项目的成果是加快大规模海上风电的部署和电网整合的技术和人才库。

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 andbringing 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 researchquestions 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 andservices. 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.