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.
The theme for this session of the 2025 HVDC Operators’ Forum was Design & Specification and the presentations on this theme are listed below.
- Electrical System Design of Amprion’s 2GW Projects by Hendrik Köhler & Lars Wenning, Amprion
- Design Interfaces on EGL HVDC Specifications by David Barron, National Grid Electricity Transmission
- SOFIA and Dogger Bank C: Progress Update on Interaction Studies by Domagoj Hart & Sébastien Dennetiere, RTE international
- Developments in Synchronous Grid Forming Control for HVDC Transmission by Carl Barker, GE Vernova
Slides we have permission to share from this session are included within the downloadable file.
The theme for this session of the 2025 HVDC Operators’ Forum was Forward Planning and the presentations on this theme are listed below.
- Integration of DC systems in AC networks by Afshin Pashaei, National Grid Electricity Transmission
- HVDC Grids, What Does the Future Look LikeRoadmaps Beyond InterOPERA by Stig Settemsdal, Siemens Energy
- Development of Future DC Switching Station and DC circuit Breaker by Lie Xu, Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V.
- Aquila MVMT Demo by Dong Chen & Others, The National HVDC Centre
NEOM GRID OF Future
Grain Philip Adam, ENOWA.NEOM
HVDC and Interoperability
Carl Barker, GE Vernova
Real Time Black Box Modelling of Vendor Proprietary Controls
Sumek Elimban, RTDS Technologies Inc.
SOFIA/DBC Interaction Study
Viktor Rudan, RTE international
Context Update of Aquila Interoperability Package (Aquila Lite) – Control Architecture and Philosophies
Dong Chen, The National HVDC Centre