The document outlines the recommended delivery plan for hosting replica equipment at the HVDC Centre, detailing the necessary steps, timelines, and documentation to ensure successful installation, commissioning, and operation of HVDC replicas. It emphasizes early engagement, comprehensive documentation, and collaboration among all parties involved.
This document can be shared freely with all parties interested in the HVDC Centre replica hosting services. For further information, please contact the HVDC Centre.
This document is intended to inform stakeholders about the different types of HVDC control and protection replicas and what function and features they bring. It can be shared freely with all parties interested in the HVDC Centre replica hosting services. For further information, please contact the Centre.
This document is intended to inform the design and deployment of replica equipment to be hosted at the HVDC Centre. It can be shared freely with all parties interested in the HVDC Centre facilities. For further information, please contact the Centre.
The theme for this session of the 2025 HVDC Operators’ Forum was Operation & Maintenance and the presentations on this theme are listed below.
- Operational Experience: Control Room by Daniel Auty, National Energy System Operator
- Operational Experience: Project by Cameron McHardy, SSEN Transmission
- Greenlink Interconnector by Jonathan Ruddy, Greenlink Interconnector Limited
- Moyle Interconnector Sam by Gibson, Mutual Energy
Slides we have permission to share for this session are included within the downloadable file.
This session of the 2025 HVDC Operators’ Forum consisted of the tours and demos as listed below
- RTDS: EMT-TSA Co-simulation on RTDS® by Sumek Elimban, RTDS Technologies Inc.
- OPAL-RT: Real-Time simulation of Hybrid ACMTDC Grid with Blackbox controllers and MMC HIL by Juan Paez Alvarez, OPAL-RT Technologies, Inc.
- Training Opportunities with the CMS HVDC Replica by Shangen Tian, The National HVDC Centre
- Testing with the Moyle Replica by Mutual Energy and The National HVDC Centre
- Extension Plans for The National HVDC Centre by Ben Gomersall, The National HVDC Centre
The slides and poster from this session are within the download file.
The theme for this session of the 2025 HVDC Operators’ Forum was Construction & Commissioning and the presentations on this theme are listed below.
- Supply Chain and Resource Gap by Miriam Zachau Walker, DESNZ
- Grid Connection Simulation Tool (GCST) by Jay Ramachandran, National Energy System Operator
- CMS Commissioning Strategy and Use of Replicas by Sandesh Manohar & Mohan Gokulachandran, SSEN Transmission
- RTDS® Solutions for Large Scale Networks by Sumek Elimban , RTDS Technologies Inc.
- Accelerating Multi-Fidelity, Large-Scale Simulations of IBR-rich HVDC/AC Grids for Real-Time Performance by Jean-Nicolas Paquin, OPAL-RT Technologies, Inc.
Slides we have permission to share from this session are included within the downloadable file.
