On 12 April 2024, the InterOPERA Consortium gathered online for a scheduled meeting.
The main topics discussed by the members were:
A round of thanks for all the participants and their contributions to the progression of the project!
On 14 March 2024 the first of a series of the InterOPERA technical workshops took place. This inaugural workshop, which focused on selected deliverables prepared by the experts of Work Package 1 (Development of standardised interaction study processes and interfaces) and Work Package 3 (Multi-vendor multi-terminal demonstrator project), was conducted fully online. It featured presentations from Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE) and TenneT, as well as a variety of professionals and experts from the Stakeholder Committee (SC).
The first part of the workshop, led by RTE, focused on defining standard interfaces and requirements for models, real-time systems, and simulation platforms. This session was followed by a general discussion involving the stakeholder committee. The second part of the workshop, focusing on demonstrator definition and system design studies, was led by Vincent Tackenberg and Johannes Welsch – both from TenneT. After, Alexandra Bonner – RTE led a discussion on HVDC modelling and simulation interaction studies.
The Stakeholder Committee was officially formed in late 2023 and it includes experts from 27 organisations.
This Committee was created to ensure that stakeholders impacted by the project’s results are exclusively informed on a regular basis on the project status and results, provide feedback and inputs to the project deliverables.
The Stakeholder Committee provided valuable feedback and inputs on the project deliverables, exchanged views on potential exploitation routes for the project demonstrator and engaged the keynote speakers with technical questions and observations.
The presentation slides are available here & here.
The workshop report is available here.
On 22-24 January our HVDC experts met in Groningen, one of the main hubs of the energy transition, to showcase the latest updates from all the work packages and upcoming deliverables of Work Package 2:
Moreover, the experts shared the progress update on the multi-party cooperation framework – crucial guidelines that will drive cooperation in future multi-vendor HVDC projects.
A preliminary version of these guidelines will be out soon!
On 13 September InterOPERA held its first dissemination event in Vienna and online. The event was hosted by the CIGRE B4 Colloquium, an international conference on DC systems and power electronics and was jointly organised alongside the final event of the sister project READY4DC.
Almost 100 grid experts and stakeholders came together in person and online to discuss the future of HVDC technology and its role in the energy transition. InterOPERA experts showcased ongoing project activities across the different workstreams and the first findings on the work tasked with defining a demonstrator.
Prior to the event, the InterOPERA project coordinator, the SuperGrid Institute, presented the project to the Study Committee B4 in a closed door meeting, and then to the audience of the CIGRE Colloquium on 11 and 12 September respectively.
Check out the event agenda here!
Check out the event slides here!
The European Union wants to deploy 300 GW of offshore wind by 2050 to meet its climate targets and to reduce its dependence on fossil fuel. The most efficient way of transporting electricity from offshore wind is via multi-terminal high voltage direct current (HVDC) grids. Under the EU’s “Horizon Europe” funding scheme the InterOPERA project will define future interoperability standards for electricity grids. The project was officially launched this week with a kick-off meeting in Lyon, France.
