Virtual synchronous machines (VSG’s) for frequency stabilisation in future grids with a significant share of decentralized generation

In October 2007 the European project "VSYNC" started with project co-ordinator Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (NL) and partners Technical University of Eindhoven (NL), Delft University of Technology (NL), Catholic University of Leuven (BE), Universitatea Politehnica Bucuresti (RO), Fundacion LABEIN, 3E NV (BE), UfE Umweltfreundliche Energieanlagen Handelsgesellschaft mbH (DE), Electrica SA (RO), and Continuon NV (NL). This paper describes the project and some preliminary results.