Sustainability analysis of VSC-HVDC in the liberalised European power system: A practical case

Author

L´Abbate, Angelo ; Fulli, Gianluca

Author_Institution

Inst. for Energy, Eur. Comm., Petten, Netherlands

fYear

2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

The present paper aims at investigating the impact of the emerging voltage source converter-based high voltage direct current (VSC-HVDC) technology on the liberalised power system in Europe. In particular, focus is on key technical, economic, and environmental features of VSC-HVDC. A techno-economic analysis on a European priority interconnection project (i.e. the planned tie line Poland-Lithuania) is undertaken, so as to compare the economic and environmental sustainability of an investment in VSC-HVDC with other options.

Keywords

HVDC power convertors; power system economics; power system interconnection; European power system; European priority interconnection project; Poland-Lithuania; VSC-HVDC technology; high voltage direct current technology; sustainability analysis; techno-economic analysis; voltage source converter; Converters; Environmental economics; Europe; Paper technology; Power conversion; Power generation economics; Power system analysis computing; Power system economics; Power system interconnection; Voltage; Analysis of investments; European power system liberalisation; VSC-HVDC; power flow analysis; steady state modeling; transmission planning;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

PowerTech, 2009 IEEE Bucharest

Conference_Location

Bucharest

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2234-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2235-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PTC.2009.5281852

Filename

5281852